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Four friends. Twenty years. One unexpected journey.Eva, Benedict, Sylvie, and Lucien graduate in 1998, into a world on the brink of the new millennium. Hopelessly in love with playboy Lucien and keen to shrug off the socialist politics of her childhood, Eva breaks away to work at a big bank. Benedict, a budding scientist who’s pined for Eva for years, stays on to do a physics PhD, and siblings Sylvie and Lucien pursue more freewheeling existences—she as an aspiring artist and he as a club promoter and professional partier. But as their dizzying twenties become their thirties, the once close-knit friends, now scattered and struggling to navigate thwarted dreams, lost jobs and broken hearts, find themselves drawn together once again in stunning and unexpected ways. Breathtaking in scope, this is sure to be the book of the summer.
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Irresistible . . . A crackerjack storyteller who deeply inhabits her characters - deploying pitch-perfect dialogue to poignant and hilarious effect - Adams uses the conventions of the form to examine larger ideas about class and commerce, art and science, friendship and family at the time of the most recent fin de siecle . . . charming. (New York Times)
Moving . . . bittersweet and compassionate . . . Like your favourite Austen novel, Invincible Summer reconciles the cultural reality of an era with the personal lives of its characters. (Washington Post)
Irresistible. (Woman)
This debut novel is set to be a summer smash . . . Invincible Summer isn't a million miles away from One Day or The Versions of Us, so it makes for compelling reading. (Red)
I really enjoyed it . . . Adams interweaves the four tales with skill, stamina and poetic sensitivity. A great read. (Daily Mail)
Brilliant . . . If you loved David Nicholls' One Day, this uplifting novel is the perfect weekend read. (Essentials)
Often moving and always engaging, it's a great holiday read. (Heat)
There is an enjoyable effervescence as she chronicles the quartet's peaks and troughs through romantic encounters, broken dreams, joy, grief, reunion and the boundless quirks of fate. (Sunday Herald)
Adams's enthralling debut novel is an insightful look at how time affects friendships, what happens when one friend falls in love and how, even across the years and significant lifestyle differences, friends can rally round in times of extreme hardship . . . all four characters are engaging and relatable. Eloquent and gripping, this is an immersive, easy read . . . Ideal holiday reading. (The Lady)
Fun and memorable . . . the characters are such good company. (Publishers Weekly)
Book Description:
Moving . . . bittersweet and compassionate . . . Like your favourite Austen novel, Invincible Summer reconciles the cultural reality of an era with the personal lives of its characters. (Washington Post)
Irresistible. (Woman)
This debut novel is set to be a summer smash . . . Invincible Summer isn't a million miles away from One Day or The Versions of Us, so it makes for compelling reading. (Red)
I really enjoyed it . . . Adams interweaves the four tales with skill, stamina and poetic sensitivity. A great read. (Daily Mail)
Brilliant . . . If you loved David Nicholls' One Day, this uplifting novel is the perfect weekend read. (Essentials)
Often moving and always engaging, it's a great holiday read. (Heat)
There is an enjoyable effervescence as she chronicles the quartet's peaks and troughs through romantic encounters, broken dreams, joy, grief, reunion and the boundless quirks of fate. (Sunday Herald)
Adams's enthralling debut novel is an insightful look at how time affects friendships, what happens when one friend falls in love and how, even across the years and significant lifestyle differences, friends can rally round in times of extreme hardship . . . all four characters are engaging and relatable. Eloquent and gripping, this is an immersive, easy read . . . Ideal holiday reading. (The Lady)
Fun and memorable . . . the characters are such good company. (Publishers Weekly)
Four friends. Two decades. One unforgettable journey . . .
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- PublisherBlackstone Pub
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1478965126
- ISBN 13 9781478965121
- BindingAudio CD
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