A poignant tale of longing and discovery from the bestselling author of The Book of Two Ways, Wish You Were Here follows a young woman whose carefully planned life is thrown off course by a pandemic, as she finds herself on a romantic holiday – alone.
It's Friday the 13th and Diana is an ambitious young appraiser at Sotheby's in New York. She's about to go on a long-awaited holiday, where she knows Finn, her surgeon boyfriend, will propose and the next stage of her carefully planned life will begin.
But it is Friday the 13th of March 2020.
The new virus hits. Finn can't leave the city, and suggests she goes without him. In the Galapagos, unable to get back to her real life, Diana learns about the devastation hitting the world as she hears intermittently from her boyfriend. She's discovering a new side to herself and a new kind of life, when everything changes . . .
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9781473692534
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 240 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm
A haunting yet uplifting story about the fear and isolation of the pandemic, and the surprising ways in which it forced many people to rethink their priorities - Jane Shilling, Daily Mail
A writer the world needs to be reading right now - Independent
It is hard to exaggerate how well Picoult writes - Financial Times
There are writers who try and do what Picoult does, and then there's Picoult - Marie Claire
Taps into the trauma and uncertainty of 2020's global crisis. Absolutely a must-read - Booklist
We couldn't turn the pages fast enough - Closer
Extraordinary... it's such a great book - Graham Norton
A must-read. Striking, eloquent, and thought-provoking... Emotionally intelligent and perceptive...This is Jodi Picoult at her best - Love Reading
Surprising, emotional yet uplifting, this is a top read - Sun on Sunday
If reading became a struggle for you during the pandemic, let Jodi Picoult show you how page-turning magic is not lost... This will make you laugh, nod and cry - and at one point gasp out loud with a twist you will not see coming. Sometimes you will take a moment to let it all sink in. Superb - Press Association
Another fantastic and clever read from Picoult - Woman
A fascinating exploration of the very nature of reality - Saga Magazine
Picoult is at her best when bringing the magnificence of the Galapagos to life in all its strange and colourful glory... A few hours after finishing Wish You Were Here I broke down in tears... This is a book worth reading, a book which reminds us that our futures are not guaranteed or inevitable - Irish Sunday Independent
Beautiful, beautiful prose and rich storytelling. I just loved it - Lia Louis, author of Eight Perfect Hours
A powerfully evocative story of the resilience and triumph of the human spirit - Taylor Jenkins Reid
A haunting yet uplifting story about the fear and isolation of the pandemic, and the surprising ways in which it forced many people to rethink their priorities - Jane Shilling, Daily Mail
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult is a story about a Covid survivor who had to use a ventilator to help her breath and was placed in a coma and who survives. Her whole life then turns around after she has recovered... More
SYNOPSIS: Diana finds herself, along with her doctor boyfriend, at the start of the covid 19 storm. As New York residents, things around them get bad, really quickly. Diana seems to have escaped the worst when she... More
I didn’t think I would ever read a novel about Covid-19! This pandemic has become such an integral part of the way we live our lives that I didn’t want to spend my leisure time reading about it. However, because I... More
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