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David Nicholls' new novel, You Are Here, is a funny, sad, and tender story about love and family. It is longlisted for the Booker Prize and has been praised by critics for its wit, humor, and emotional depth. The story follows Douglas and Connie, a married couple who are forced to confront their relationship when Connie decides she wants a divorce. Douglas comes up with a plan to win back his wife's love and respect by organizing a dream vacation, but things don't go as planned.

NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA STARRING TOM HOLLANDER AND SASKIA REEVESDavid Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced ONE DAY in this brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014. Douglas Petersen understands his wife's need to 'rediscover herself' now that their son is leaving home.

*Out now in paperback: David Nicholls's new novel You Are Here*
Longlisted for the Booker Prize
A brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children
'Perfect'
INDEPENDENT

'I honestly can't imagine loving a novel much more'
SUNDAY TIMES

'Funny and sweet - a lovely, lovely book'
GRAHAM NORTON

'A sad, funny, soulful joy'
OBSERVER

'I loved this book. Funny, sad, tender: for anyone who wants to know what happens after the Happy Ever After'
JOJO MOYES

Douglas and Connie - scientist and artist, husband and wife - live a quiet and quietly unremarkable life in the suburbs of London. Until, suddenly, after more than twenty years of marriage, Connie decides she wants a divorce.

Heartbroken but determined, Douglas comes up with the perfect plan: he is going to win back the love of his wife and the respect of Albie, their teenage son, by organising the holiday of a lifetime.

The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed.

What could possibly go wrong?


ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS
'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love'
THE TIMES

'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does'
EVENING STANDARD

'Genuinely brilliant'
NEW STATESMAN

The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed. What could possibly go wrong?