{"product_id":"9780857529725-births-deaths-marriages","title":"Births, Deaths and Marriages","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Number One Bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Versions of Us\u003c\/i\u003e. A novel about six lifelong friends and one unforgettable year. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eFour Weddings and a Funeral \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eOne Day\u003c\/i\u003e.I couldn't put it down.’ 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I haven't read a book this delightful in a long time.' 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoe, Al, Rachel, Rob, Yas and Indie. Six friends who were inseparable at university, who have all had their secret or not so secret passions for each other, their hopes and fears.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the years, they have gone their separate ways. Rob is a history teacher, with a string of broken relationships behind him. Yas is a surgeon and very much her own woman. Indie is married and a successful coffee entrepreneur. Rachel is a stay at home mum with two children. Al, widowed young, is about to take over his father's funeral business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Rob's engagement party throws the gang together once more, some passions are reignited, old connections and resentments resurface. Over the next twelve months, there will, among the friends, be a birth, a marriage, and a death – but whose?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES\u003c\/b\u003e is an era-spanning, globe-trotting novel about love, friendship, and how to stay at least relatively sane in an ever crazier world. It’s about a group of friends growing older, the possibility of second chances, about kindness and joy. It’s about births, deaths, marriages. and everything in between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE for BIRTHS, DEATHS \u0026amp; MARRIAGES:\u003cbr\u003e‘I loved Births, Deaths and Marriages. Laura’s ability to jump between so many different lives and to keep those strands alive in the reader’s mind \u003cb\u003ereminded me of Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors\u003c\/b\u003e’ Georgina Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eWonderful.beautifully written, superbly characterized\u003c\/b\u003e and so truthful' Elizabeth Buchan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book to sink into. a \u003cb\u003enuanced, compelling and comforting \u003c\/b\u003eread that reminds us about the power, support and importance of found family' Kate Sawyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A compelling tale about love and friendship in all its guises. Her exquisite line by line writing and astute character observations \u003cb\u003eheld me rapt\u003c\/b\u003e' Lucy Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREADERS LOVE BIRTHS, DEATHS \u0026amp; MARRIAGES:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An \u003cb\u003eemotional, heartfelt book about the joys and sorrows of life.\u003c\/b\u003e It is about love in all its forms, the friendships that shape us, and the quiet moments that define who we become.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Relatable, funny, moving and hopeful. \u003c\/b\u003eBirths, Deaths and Marriages is a fantastic read that \u003cb\u003ereminded me of Cold Feet \u003c\/b\u003eand deals with the themes of feeling unsure in your life, grief and moving forward beautifully.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Wow! 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