'A truthful hopeful look at navigating family life and love' Jennie Godfrey bestselling
author of The List of Suspicious Things 'Tender truthful and gorgeously written' Samuel Burr
bestselling author of The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers 'Sparkles with excitement danger and
wonder of love in all its forms' Sophie Ward Book Prize longlisted author of The Schoolhouse
' Evocative and emotional surprising and propulsive the whole of it brimming with tenderness'
Carola Lovering bestselling author of Tell Me Lies and Bye Baby THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS
AN ORDINARY LOVE STORY When Emily catches sight of Gennifer Hall at a party she is
transported back to the moment they fell in love as teenagers. Their connection was electric
and they thought it was forever. Twenty years later Gen is an Olympic runner the career she
strived for while Emily is living a picture-perfect life: Manhattan townhouse two young
children and a wealthy husband Jack. But Jack's controlling behaviour is spiralling and Emily
has lost sight of who she once was. Now despite Emily's fracturing marriage and the
pressures of Gen's career they are drawn back together by a magnetic attraction. After years
of heartbreak missed chances and misunderstandings will they finally get a second chance at
first love?
