From the Sunday Times bestselling author of RODHAM, AMERICAN WIFE, YOU THINK IT, I''LL SAY IT and HELP YOURSELF

''A rigorous and wily stylist. She packs her pages with clever observations without appearing to be trying'' NEW YORK TIMES

''Grave, good-humoured, deeply engaging'' GUARDIAN

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Hannah is a confused fourteen-year-old. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah''s own life, her parents'' marriage is crumbling.

Over the next decade and a half, love throws her some complicated questions. At what point can you no longer blame your adult failures on your messed up childhood? Is settling for someone who''s not your soulmate an act of maturity or an admission of defeat? And if you move to another state for a guy who might not love you back, are you being plucky - or just pathetic?

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