THE LOVE STORY OF THE YEARA triumph, a real gift of a novelSunday TimesRomantic, funny and hopefulDolly AldertonPure pleasure in a paperbackThe Guardian, Books of the SummerIt makes you want to tell someone - anyone - that you love or care about themIndependentSometimes you need to get lost to find your way... Marnie is stuck. Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like its passing her by.

Michael is coming undone. Reeling from his wifes departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells. When a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship.

But can they survive the journey?Such a lovely book!Nigella LawsonYou become so invested in the outcome of this romance that it makes the whole world shimmer with a kind of secret possibilityObserverThe irresistible feel of a classic romanceMail on SundayOne of the 18 best novels of the year for the Sunday TimesA book of the year pick in the Guardian, Observer, Independent, Mail on Sunday, GQ, Good Housekeeping, NetGalley and Red Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Fiction 2024Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2024Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award 2025ONE OF BRITAINS MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now FINANCIAL TIMES An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters DAILY TELEGRAPH No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does EVENING STANDARD