Love and Other Paradoxes (Hardback)
Catriona Silvey (author)Published: 24/04/2025
One of the greatest love stories in history gets derailed when a struggling poet at Cambridge runs into a time-traveler who agrees to help him find his muse – a thoughtful and uplifting romantic comedy for fans of About Time and In Five Years.
THIS LOVE STORY IS ABOUT TO BE REWRITTEN
The year is 2005. The city is Cambridge. The poet-to-be is Joe.
Joe has waited all his life to find the right words that will unlock his future – the words that will make him the writer he knows he could be.
A chance encounter with a mysterious girl in a teashop changes everything. For Esi, yesterday has always been more important than tomorrow: unmoored from her own time in the future, Esi is looking for her mother in the past.
Bearing clues as to Joe’s possible future as a literary star, the two decide to put aside their differences and help one another. Esi will help Joe become his future self, Joe will help Esi discover where she comes from.
But with them both looking to the future and to the past, who is minding the present?
One thing is for sure…
Their love story will be timeless.
The sweetness of romcom ABOUT TIME collides with the rich melancholy and high-stakes romance of TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE in this gorgeous new love story destined to be future classic.
’Beautifully explored and deeply complex’ Gal Gadot on MEET ME IN ANOTHER LIFE
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008408411
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 270 g
Dimensions: 240 x 159 x 28 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
PRAISE FOR MEET ME IN ANOTHER LIFE: ‘Engaging and inventive, this debut novel will appeal to fans of THE TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE' BookBub, The Best Books of Spring 2021 ‘Will break your heart in the best possible way’ Popsugar, The 25 Best Books of April ‘Clever and, in the end, heartbreaking’ Financial Times ‘I'm psyched about … MEET ME IN ANOTHER LIFE (been waiting for this one!!)’ Jodi Picoult ‘A remarkable debut, haunting, genre-transcending. The human condition reflected in a shattered mirror’ Stephen Baxter ‘Science fiction can reach out to the stars and at the same time hold tight to the human heart. The many layers of mystery in this beautiful love story lead to a breathtaking ending’ Sue Burke, author of SEMIOSIS ‘An incredibly clever book that takes a thought experiment and gives it heart and depth. A brilliant premise beautifully executed’ Christina Sweeney-Baird, author of THE END OF MEN ‘A sweet, melancholy heartache of a novel’ Kate Mascarenhas, author of THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TIME TRAVEL ‘Inventive, bold, and surprising – from where the novel starts I could have never imagined where it ends. Along the way the story of Thora and Santi builds in suspense and emotion, revealing itself page by page, layer by layer. Cleverly constructed and highly entertaining’ Charles Yu ‘Brilliant, lush, and achingly imaginative! I love this book in every life’ Beth Revis, bestselling author of ACROSS THE UNIVERSE and A WORLD WITHOUT YOU ‘A truly captivating work with an ending that rocked my socks off’ Erika Swyler, author of LIGHT FROM OTHER STARS and THE BOOK OF SPECULATION
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