Us
2016 Nominated

Us

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Douglas Petersen understands his wife’s need to ‘rediscover herself’ now that their son is leaving home.

He just thought they’d be doing their rediscovering together.

So when Connie announces that she will be leaving, too, he resolves to make their last family holiday into the trip of a lifetime: one that will draw the three of them closer, and win the respect of his son. One that will make Connie fall in love with him all over again.

The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed. What could possibly go wrong?

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR David
Nicholls

Galaxy Book Award-winner for One Day, Richard and Judy bestseller for Starter for Ten, and now Man Booker Longlisted for Us, author David Nicholls trained as an actor before making the switch to writing. He has also written the screenplays for the film adaptations of his own novels, Starter for Ten (2006) which starred James McAvoy and One Day (2010), starring Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway.

Galaxy Book Award-winner for One Day, Richard and Judy bestseller for Starter for Ten, and now Man Booker Longlisted for Us, author David Nicholls trained as an actor before making the switch to writing. He has also written the screenplays for the film adaptations of his own novels, Starter for Ten (2006) which starred James McAvoy and One Day (2010), starring Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway.

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Humorous narration, funny, poignant, moving, surprising; very human characters with their good and bad qualities.

Quirky, funny, sad, well-written. A book which you find yourself thinking about long after finishing it. The author understands human nature.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
07/05/2015
Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton

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