The A to Z of You and Me - Hardcover

Hannah, James

3.49

2,682 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857522647 ISBN 13: 9780857522641

Publisher: Doubleday, 2015

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AN OBSERVER 'NEW FACE OF FICTION 2015'
AN AMAZON RISING STAR 2015
LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE FOR DEBUT FICTION 2015

'Genuinely one of the best books I have ever read' LISA JEWELL

'Absolutely bloody heartrending. Hannah's eccentric style is never mawkish and often wonderfully funny' - THE TIMES

'Hannah writes with emotional acuity. Warm, wry, thoughtful and devastating in places, this is a life-enhancing missive from death's door' - THE SUNDAY TIMES

A striking literary debut of love and mortality perfect for fans of quirky, heart-wrenching fiction like Nathan Filer, David Nicholls and Rachel Joyce.
Ivo has all kinds of everyday joy in his life – he’s young, he's in love, he has friends who promise to stand by him if life ever goes wrong.Then one day, life does go wrong. He makes a mistake, and it’s big and unforgiveable. Now time is
running out and his life is falling apart. But he’s going to put it
together again. His own way.

This is a story about how far love must stretch to gather a life in pieces. And how strong friendship never dies.

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Review:

"Absolutely bloody heartrending. Hannah's eccentric style is never mawkish and often wonderfully funny" (Kate Saunders The Times)

"Wonderfully quirky and contemporary. Hannah's writing has the accomplished feel of a far more experienced novelist." (Observer)

"There's an elegance to Hannah's prose, and a compassion in the way he handles his subject matter that's rare to find in a debut." (Independent)

"An affecting debut. Hannah proves himself a worthy inheritor of the lip-trembling English tradition." (Guardian)

"Genuinely one of the best books I've ever read." (LISA JEWELL)

"Hannah's debut is told on the deathbed of 40-year-old Ivo as he looks back on his life in the confidence of his nurse Sheila and the love of his life, Mia. Expect tears." (Grazia)

"An engagingly light touch, shot through with humour" (The Daily Mail)

"It is wonderfully well written and hard to believe this is James Hannah's debut novel. Very early on I felt this was going to be a book I loved and I was right." (@sambakey)

"As The A to Z of You and Me drew to a close (with me sobbing), I thought about how kind people can be. How hard, beautiful and frustrating life is. And how we should make the effort to engage with it fully. It is, after all, fleeting at best." (Stylist)

"I loved The A-Z of You and Me. James Hannah has an unerring eye for the tiniest detail within the biggest picture. This wry and tender love story is powerful, lyrical and moving'" (Catherine O'Flynn, author of Costa prize-winning WHAT WAS LOST)

Book Description:

A striking literary debut of love and mortality perfect for fans of quirky, heart-wrenching fiction like Nathan Filer, David Nicholls and Nick Hornby.

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