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The Versions of Us: The Number One bestseller
Laura Barnett
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Description for The Versions of Us: The Number One bestseller
Paperback. 'One Day meets Sliding Doors' (Elle). The biggest fiction debut novel of 2015, now in paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK AND NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER What if you had said yes . . . ? 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. We follow three different versions of their future - together, and apart - as their love story takes on different incarnations and twists and turns to the conclusion ... Read morein the present day. The Versions of Us is an outstanding debut novel about the choices we make and the different paths that our lives might follow. What if one small decision could change the rest of your life? Laura's Barnett's new book GREATEST HITS is available for pre-order now. Show Less
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Orion Publishing Co
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London, United Kingdom
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About Laura Barnett
Laura Barnett was born in 1982 in south London, where she now lives with her husband. 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, the DAILY TELEGRAPH and other national newspapers and ... Read moremagazines. Her first non-fiction book, ADVICE FROM THE PLAYERS - a compendium of advice for actors - was published in 2014 by Nick Hern Books. THE VERSIONS OF US, her debut novel, was a number one bestseller and has been translated into 23 languages. TV rights have been optioned by Trademark Films. Her second novel, GREATEST HITS, was published in 2017, along with an accompanying soundtrack by Kathryn Williams. @laura_jbarnett www.laura-barnett.co.uk www.versionsofus.com Show Less
Reviews for The Versions of Us: The Number One bestseller
A clever, touching and unforgettable book
HEAT
an impressive debut
SUNDAY EXPRESS
Like Kate Atkinson's Life After Life or the film Sliding Doors, Barnett's fine debut offers multiple what ifs
SUNDAY TIMES
This bestselling alternative universe romance could be described as Sliding Doors, except with three stories instead of two, or Life ... Read moreAfter Life, without all the messy deaths.
THE GUARDIAN
well-written and constantly surprising, in the way that real life is surprising.
THE TIMES
Already a bestseller, this debut opens with a chance meeting between students Eva and Jim in 1958. As romance hangs in the air the novel splinters into three different directions with three outcomes, each following the couple over 60 years.
DAILY EXPRESS
The story of Eva and Jim twists and turns over many decades in this thought-provoking love story. Great read.
PRIMA
written with intelligence and warmth
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
A hugely engrossing and, ultimately, deeply moving book about connections, possibilities, regret and the complicated nature of love.
SUNDAY BUSINESS POST
In Laura Barnett's first novel, a good idea is cleverly executed . . . The Versions of Us is a confident debut.
THE INDEPENDENT
Clever but not showy, romantic but not schmaltzy, it's clear that the buzz around this book is justified.
DAILY MIRROR
Comparisons have been made with David Nicholls' One Day and yes, it can be compared favourably with his masterpiece. This is a work of great mastery and deserves to be read and re-read for its own merits.
MATURE TIMES
In pieces having just finished Laura Barnett's The Versions of Us. Brilliant.
@btwhizz
Each version had its own moments that made me laugh and cry and I did find myself thinking about what my own different versions would be like.
thepagesbetween.com
Worth every tear rolling down my cheeks. It's a 2015 must-read!
strupag.com
glorious... a book that I think will do incredibly well come its release
A CASE FOR BOOKS
I recommend this book without reservation... This is a wonderful, exceptional book by Laura Barnett. I loved it.
Moira Please
THE PERFECT WRITING RETREAT
It's hard to believe this is Laura Barnett's debut novel. It's so sophisticated and well put-together - I'm completely in awe of how Barnett managed to write not just one story, but three, and make them all work perfectly together.
GIRL! REPORTER
It's annoying when a book won't let you give it up. You put it to one side and think maybe I will read that later because you have more important things to do. And there it is the next day, in your hands, wide open, pulling you back in, just not letting you go... As a first novel this is quite an accomplishment.
NEWBOOKSMAG
We follow (Eva and Jim) as their lives spin out in three different ways and so, inevitably, Sliding Doors comparisons kick in. But this is its own book; deep, sensitive and without a hint of commercial compromise.. Just lovely.
SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE
All the highs and lows of love are portrayed in this thought-provoking and moving read.
Cathy Rentzenbrink
PRIMA
a fascinating debut novel that could well be this year's One Day.
BELLA
One to watch: we meet two characters, then time splits and follows three different versions of their lives. Each strand is distinct - and equally captivating.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
A clever, romantic debut.. Barnett tells three outcomes of the same affair, a simple, effective metaphor for the paths love itself can take you on, before winding up smartly in the present.
GRAZIA
One Day meets Sliding Doors
ELLE
Everyone's talking about The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett. Eva and Jim's first meeting has three possible outcomes. Barnett interweaves the resulting love stories with their beautifully drawn characters into an elegant, touching tapestry.
Fanny Blake
WOMAN AND HOME
unique, complex and playful.. Barnett suspends our disbelief like a conjuror
Elizabeth Fremantle
SUNDAY EXPRESS
skilfully done
MAIL ON SUNDAY
both brilliant and astonishingly good
Elizabeth Buchan
I absolutely loved [The Versions of Us]. It's so elegantly and beautifully written... I was equally enthralled by each of the three versions...a really wonderful book.
Esther Freud Truly enthralling... I simply adored this wonderful novel
Jessie Burton - author of The Miniaturist
an amazing piece of British literature - this book should definitely be on your reading list this summer if you enjoy contemporary romance and books that really make you think
BUZZFEED
We reckon that you'll see a few other people by the pool with their heads in this book as it's a classic summer read. One day meets Mad Men in this tale of the different ways a couple's relationship could have played out from the late 1950s to the present.
METRO
An affecting and thought-provoking work, The Versions of Us will keep you gripped until the tear-jerking conclusion.
DAILY EXPRESS
Maeve Binchy's death left a gap in the market for stories simply told with no literary affectation. Barnett's promising first novel reads like early Binchy.. the tantalising 'what if?' theme keeps all three stories going at a cracking pace.
DAILY MAIL
Like Kate Atkinson's Life After Life or the film Sliding Doors, The Versions of Us, a fine debut by Laura Barnett, offers multiple what ifs ... involving and poignant.
SUNDAY TIMES
The Versions of Us is well written, deftly crafted and constantly surprising, in the way that chaotic real life is surprising; through the technical exercise might sound a tad mechanical, Laura Barnett uses it with verve to tell an utterly convincing love story about two people destined to be together somehow, no matter what.
Kate Saunders
THE TIMES
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.
Hepzibah Anderson
THE OBSERVER
Its very scope is a joy, the technical achievement seamlessly done, and the ending - all the endings - suitably affecting
Jenny Colgan
THE GUARDIAN
a triumphant debut.. a thoughtful, measured book about the interplay of chance and destiny in our lives.
Elena Seymenliyska
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Summer Reading recommendation: I am 20 pages in and already hooked on Laura Barnett's counterfactual THE VERSIONS OF US, which is a kind of literary Sliding Doors
THE OBSERVER
Summer Reading recommendation: the beautiful love child of David Nicholl's One Day and Kate Atkinson's Life After Life
THE TIMES
Summer Reading choice: an intriguing debut
SUNDAY TIMES
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