The Versions of Us: The Number One bestseller
May 2015 · Hachette UK
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A NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'The beautiful love child of David Nicholl's One Day and Kate Atkinson's Life After Life'
The Times
What if one small decision could change the rest of your life?
Eva and Jim are nineteen, and students at Cambridge, when their paths first cross in 1958. Jim is walking along a lane when a woman approaching him on a bicycle swerves to avoid a dog: what happens next will determine the rest of their lives.
As we follow three different versions of their future - together, and apart - their love story takes on different incarnations, as it twists and turns to the conclusion in the present day.
'A triumphant debut.. a thoughtful, measured book about the interplay of chance and destiny in our lives'
Sunday Telegraph
'An utterly convincing love story about two people destined to be together somehow, no matter what'
The Times
'Like Kate Atkinson's Life After Life or the film Sliding Doors, this fine debut offers multiple "what ifs"... Involving and poignant'
The Sunday Times
'The tantalising "what if?" theme keeps all three stories going at a cracking pace'
Daily Mail
'Truly enthralling... I simply adored this wonderful novel'
Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist
'The beautiful love child of David Nicholl's One Day and Kate Atkinson's Life After Life'
The Times
What if one small decision could change the rest of your life?
Eva and Jim are nineteen, and students at Cambridge, when their paths first cross in 1958. Jim is walking along a lane when a woman approaching him on a bicycle swerves to avoid a dog: what happens next will determine the rest of their lives.
As we follow three different versions of their future - together, and apart - their love story takes on different incarnations, as it twists and turns to the conclusion in the present day.
'A triumphant debut.. a thoughtful, measured book about the interplay of chance and destiny in our lives'
Sunday Telegraph
'An utterly convincing love story about two people destined to be together somehow, no matter what'
The Times
'Like Kate Atkinson's Life After Life or the film Sliding Doors, this fine debut offers multiple "what ifs"... Involving and poignant'
The Sunday Times
'The tantalising "what if?" theme keeps all three stories going at a cracking pace'
Daily Mail
'Truly enthralling... I simply adored this wonderful novel'
Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist
Ratings and reviews
3.5
11 reviews
Brian
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June 16, 2015
I didnt see many reviews here so for those looking and tempted to buy this, i would recommend. Im not even half way yet and i intend on updating my review at the end. This is not my normal 'cup of tea' but I am so glad that I bought the hard back. TBC
Rachel Venn
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August 28, 2015
I love the idea behind the story but i think there are too many different stories that it becomes hard to keep up. By the end I couldn't remember which decision led to which outcome and was a bit bored
About the author
Laura Barnett was born in 1982 in south London. She studied Spanish and Italian at Cambridge University, and newspaper journalism at City University, London. As a freelance arts journalist, features writer and theatre critic, Laura has worked for the GUARDIAN, the OBSERVER and the DAILY TELEGRAPH amongst others. THE VERSIONS OF US, her debut novel, was a no. 1 bestseller and has been translated into 23 languages. She is also the author of the novels GREATEST HITS, GIFTS and THIS BEATING HEART.
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