I Give It A Year: A moving and emotional story about love and second chances...

Iris's husband moves out, and her dad moves in, but her dad starts to display signs of Alzheimer's. Iris decides to give him one more chance, but is it braver to stay or to run?

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 07 January 2021
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

It's New Year's Eve, and Iris has just found out that her husband, Adam, is cheating on her. Furious, she kicks him out and enlists her Dad to move in and help with the children while she tries to mend her broken heart. But her Dad soon starts to display signs of Alzheimer's, and Iris realizes that if she loses her partner, she'll be managing an awful lot on her own. Soon, she realizes that Adam wasn't the only one taking their marriage for granted, and for the sake of the children, she decides to give him one more chance.

But is it braver to stay than to run? And can anyone fall in love with the same person twice?

See what your favorite authors are saying about "I Give It A Year":

"Emotionally smart and thought-provoking." - Clare Pooley, author of THE AUTHENTICITY PROJECT

"So well-observed, with a kind eye and an open heart. It's wonderful." - Laura Jane Williams, author of THE LOVE SQUARE

"A keenly observed tale of love gone wrong and the things we do to try and make it right again. Whitaker deftly mines the complexity of long-term relationships, exposing both their fragility but ultimately leaving the reader with a real sense of hope. A triumph!" - Mike Gayle, author of ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE

"Wise and warm and full of aha! Moments." - Helen Russell, author of THE YEAR OF LIVING DANISHLY

Weight: 268g
Dimension: 128 x 199 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781409195474