Versions of Us - Couverture souple

#1 Sunday Times bestseller  ·  An Indie Next Pick, May 2016  · ? A Publishers Marketplace Buzz Book 2016: Spring/Summer  · ? One of the Observer’s New Faces of Fiction  · ? A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick "Barnett's enchanting debut imagines three possible lives, three possible love stories—each with its unique joys and sorrows—demonstrating that life has no perfect path."—People, "The Best New Books" “Every love affair has an origin story, and the one that launches The Versions of Us is as picturesque as any...Versions is smart enough to know that the fantasy of infinite possibility is thrilling—but not nearly as much as the reality of true human connection.”—Entertainment Weekly “British journalist Barnett’s debut novel imagines the delicious prospect of romantic do-overs, cleverly negotiating the tricky and often dizzying terrain of three versions of first love . . . Barnett’s evocative presentation is a masterly romantic study of love’s choices and consequences, leaving wide open just what constitutes a perfect ending.” —Publishers Weekly, starred and boxed review   "An intriguing exploration of the many roads not taken."—Booklist “A rich, complex, and deeply satisfying novel . . . One of the most engrossing novels either of us has read in years.” —Richard Madeley, The Richard and Judy Book Club   “Its very scope is a joy, the technical achievement seamlessly done, and the ending—all the endings—suitably affecting.” —Jenny Colgan, Guardian  

#1 Sunday Times bestseller  ·  An Indie Next Pick, May 2016  · ? A Publishers Marketplace Buzz Book 2016: Spring/Summer  · ? One of the Observer’s New Faces of Fiction  · ? A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick "Barnett's enchanting debut imagines three possible lives, three possible love stories—each with its unique joys and sorrows—demonstrating that life has no perfect path."—People, "The Best New Books" “Every love affair has an origin story, and the one that launches The Versions of Us is as picturesque as any...Versions is smart enough to know that the fantasy of infinite possibility is thrilling—but not nearly as much as the reality of true human connection.”—Entertainment Weekly “Barnett’s evocative presentation is a masterly romantic study of love’s choices and consequences, leaving wide open just what constitutes a perfect ending.” —Publishers Weekly, starred and boxed review “A rich, complex, and deeply satisfying novel . . . One of the most engrossing novels either of us has read in years.” —Richard Madeley, The Richard and Judy Book Club   “Its very scope is a joy, the technical achievement seamlessly done, and the ending—all the endings—suitably affecting.” —Jenny Colgan, Guardian  

#1 UK Bestseller   “A joy.” — Guardian   “Enchanting.” — People   “Triumphant.” — Sunday Telegraph “Stunningly crafted and constantly surprising . . . An utterly convincing love story about two people destined to be together somehow, no matter what.” — Times   “ One Day meets Sliding Doors.” — Elle A dazzling novel about the ways the smallest decisions give shape to our lives, The Versions of Us charts a relationship through three possible futures. Cambridge, 1958. Late for class, Eva Edelstein swerves to miss a dog and crashes her bike. Jim Taylor hurries to help her. In that brief moment, three outcomes are born for Eva and Jim. As the strands of their lives weave together and apart across the decades from college through wildly different successes and disappointments, seductions and betrayals, births and funerals, joys and sorrows, the only constant is the power of their connection. The Versions of Us is a tour de force of storytelling .   “Barnett renders an irresistible concept in sweet, cool prose — a bit like a choose-your-own-adventure book in which you don’t have to choose.” — Observer   “One of the most engrossing novels either of us has read in years.” —Richard Madeley, Richard and Judy Book Club   “I simply adored this wonderful novel.” — Jessie Burton, author of The Muse and The Miniaturist