⭐ The sensational Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller ⭐ ⭐ Longlisted for the Women's
Prize for Fiction shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and a finalist for a Hugo Award
⭐ 'The hit of the year' Guardian A civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious
new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test whether time-travel is
feasible. Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with supporting and monitoring expat
'1847' - Commander Graham Gore a former Victorian polar explorer. Gore an adventurer by trade
soon adjusts to this bizarre new world of washing machines feminism and Spotify and during a
long sultry summer the pair move from awkwardness to friendship to something more. But as the
true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge Gore and the bridge are
forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures. Can love triumph over the histories
that have shaped them? And how do you defy that history when it is living in your house?
'Addictive' Independent 'Crack this book open and you'll see how time can disappear'
Financial Times 'Readers I envy you: there's a smart witty novel in your future'
Washington Post 'Kaliane Bradley's fish-out-of-water rom-com has a winning premise. [...] The
book's combination of whimsy and seriousness works brilliantly.' Sunday Times Summer Reads
'This time-travelling love story is the perfect mix of witty sexy and moving.' Good
Housekeeping 50 best ever beach reads ⭐ A Barack Obama reading pick ⭐ Shortlisted for the
Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize ⭐ Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for
comic fiction ⭐ Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award ⭐ Shortlisted for
the Climate Fiction Prize ⭐ Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction ⭐ Longlisted for the
Jhalak Prize ⭐ Longlisted for a British Book Award ⭐ A book of the year for: the Sunday
Times New York Times Guardian Independent Evening Standard Spectator Red NPR
Vanity Fair People Slate Advocate Sydney Morning Herald Globe and Mail Den of Geek
Good Housekeeping Goodreads NetGalley and Smithsonian Magazine *** This book has been
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