SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER' Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret' DAVID NICHOLLS' Steeped in yearning, melancholy and the reckoning with mortality that must come to us all . . .

She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervor, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games.

Their lives became quickly intertwined - with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love. Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth.

Product Details

Format: Paperback | 256 pages
Language: English
ISBN: 9781837265527
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication date: 30 Apr 2026
Category: Modern & contemporary fiction
Author: Lily King