Lily King is the master of emotional gut punches! As I was reading, these characters completely came alive in my head, as if they'd become my friends. By the end I was equal parts devastated and hopeful, and now I want to reread Writers and Lovers (her first book about the same protagonist).
“Lily King has written another masterpiece. This book overflows with her brilliance and her heart. We are so lucky.” —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow
From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, and the lasting impact of first love
You knew I'd write a book about you someday.
Our narrator understands good love stories—their secrets and subtext, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the simple rules.…
This book is is a masterful example of the power of multiple points of view. For the entire first half of the book, I thought the husband was a complete jerk, and there didn't seem to be any way to redeem his character; then, we switch into his point of view, and suddenly I saw everything differently. Although very little happens in this book in terms of plot (spoiler alert, they get a divorce!), there is so much going on emotionally and character-wise, that I found myself completely immersed and could not stop reading.
Gripping and emotional, THE DIVORCE explores the unravelling of a marriage from first the wife, then the husband's point of view.
Together for more than thirty years, Bea and Niklas live a comfortable life in Stockholm. But one evening, following a trivial argument, Niklas disappears. Weeks pass before it emerges that he has met someone else. To Bea's horror, he insists they must divorce.
But is this divorce really coming out of the blue? Is the person who does the leaving always…
I read this book in less than 48 hours, and if I'd had the opportunity, I would have read it in a single sitting. The writing is beautiful, the characters are fully imagined and relatable, and it's equal parts a complicated love story and a murder mystery. For much of the book, the author manages to keep secret both who is on trial for murder and who was killed, but the mystery unfolds naturally and as a reader I never felt annoyed that the author was withholding information. Trigger warning: there are graphic scenes of accidental death, one involving a dog.
*****AMAZON'S BOOK OF THE YEAR ***** INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK FEARNE COTTON'S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK AMANDA LAMB BOOK CLUB PICK
'An unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives . . . but it's also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming' REESE WITHERSPOON
'This story of a love affair is so addictive it could be at home with the thrillers . . . A simmering book of secrets,…
In this hopeful debut about the silent struggles of motherhood, three very different women want custody of the same two little girls—and learn they have more in common than the children they're fighting for.
