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SMART SEXY AND SPIKY MODERN LOVE STORY FROM DEBUT NOVELIST JENNY MUSTARD 'A perfect
Millennial love story . . . with its acidic dialogue and languid sex scenes. A charming and
clever romance a perfect summer read' Irish Times 'Reminiscent of Sally Rooney . . . a
complex and joyous ode to being in love messing up and finding your way' Stylist Sam is 28
Swedish carefree and chaotic. Doing a work placement in London over the course of three sticky
summer months she falls hard for Lucas a man she first met as a teenager. Lucas 27
sensitive and calm is trying to get a foothold in the adult world while struggling to hold the
pieces of his life together. Sam is a gorgeous distraction. But you can only avoid reality for
so long and both Sam and Lucas know their relationship can't last. Nobody can be this happy
forever surely? Okay Days tells the story of the rise and fall of Sam and Lucas's affection
for each other while looking unflinchingly at male body dysmorphia women's reproductive
rights and the pitfalls of modern love. When is okay good enough? And what are we willing to
lose in the search for a life that is much better than just okay?
