Named Most Anticipated by: Bustle · Popsugar · Goodreads · Zibby Magazine · SheReads · Book
Riot And featured in Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire *Nominated for the 2023 Goodreads Best
Debut Novel award and longlisted for the Book of the Year award through Book of the Month*
'Achingly beautiful and heartbreakingly relatable.' DANA SCHWARTZ 'Beautiful and raw
Adelaide is a visceral portrayal of love and loss... Wheeler is a master.' ELLA BERMAN Reese's
Book Club Pick author On an otherwise ordinary day 26-year-old American expat Adelaide
Williams walks into a London hospital and asks for help. Something's not right. She doesn't
feel like herself any more. For the past year she's been dating Rory Hughes the charming man
she met when she was least expecting to fall in love. Does he respond to texts? Honour his
commitments? Make advance plans? Sometimes rarely and no not at all. Despite everything
Adelaide is convinced he's The One. But when tragedy strikes unexpectedly their relationship
crumbles and Adelaide realises she doesn't want to live without him. Because how can you move
on from a love that's changed you forever? An emotional relatable debut from a fresh new
voice that captures the timeless nature of what it's like to be young and in love - with your
friends with your city and with the one person who cannot will not love you back.
'Open-hearted and tender writing with characters so convincing I was sure I could hold a
conversation with them off the page.' Lottie Hazell author of Piglet ' Adelaide is an
eternally relatable tale of longing loss and love... equally heart-breaking and
heart-warming.' Emily Slapper author of Everyone I Know is Dying 'A beautifully-written
deeply-felt exploration of what it means to love and be loved. A remarkable debut.' Jill
Santopolo New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost 'Wheeler's debut is
searingly raw. Her whole soul is poured out onto the pages and you'll find it hard not to feel
your own heart crack and stomach turn. Vulnerable tender and impossible to put down.' Kirkus
Starred Review 'Heartfelt' Booklist ' A fearless portrayal of unrequited love... Wheeler's
debut is engrossing and poignant full of grit and vulnerability' Carola Lovering author of
Tell Me Lies 'The complex heroine animates every page' Publishers Weekly 'An incredible debut
exploring mental illness grief and how to know when to put yourself first' My Weekly 'If
you've ever loved the wrong person or the right person at the wrong time then your heart will
ache' Serendipity
