This debut novel by British writer Josie Silver was an instant bestseller in 2018.

On a snowy December day in 2007, Laurie James locks eyes with a young man outside her bus window and is instantly in love. For the following year, she searches everywhere for him with no success until her best friend, Sarah, joyfully introduces her to Jack O’Mara, her new boyfriend. The ten years that follow for Laurie and Jack see unspoken love, close friendship, heartbreak, and multiple relationships with others. If this sounds like the typical story of love interests secretly pining for each other, but the timing is wrong and the obstacles are too many, it mostly is. But what sets this apart are the novel’s extremely loveable characters and the captivating way in which the chapters span pivotal moments in each of the nine years.