Laura Barnett

En 1958, Eva a dix-neuf ans, elle est étudiante a l'université de Cambridge et amoureuse de David. Un jour, alors qu'elle se rend a un cours, son vélo roule sur un clou. Un homme, Jim, assiste a la scène. Que va-t-il se passer ? Ce moment sera déterminant pour leur avenir commun.Un point de départ, trois versions possibles de leur histoire : le roman suit les différents chemins que les vies de Jim et d'Eva pourraient prendre après cette première rencontre.Des vies faites de passion, de trahisons, d'ambition et sous-tendues par un lien puissant. Car, quoi qu'il arrive, Eva et Jim vivront une histoire d'amour.Livre poignant et fine analyse de la complexité du sentiment amoureux, cette comédie romantique moderne a été numéro un des ventes en Angleterre.

Alone in her studio, Cass Wheeler is taking a journey back into her past. After a silence of ten years, the singer-songwriter is picking the sixteen tracks that have defined her - sixteen key moments in her life - for a uniquely personal Greatest Hits album.In the course of this one day, both ordinary and extraordinary, the story of Cass's life emerges - a story of highs and lows, of music, friendship and ambition, of great love and great loss. But what prompted her to retreat all those years ago, and is there a way for her to make peace with her past?Daughter. Mother. Singer. Lover. What are the memories that mean the most?In this bittersweet and poignant follow-up to the Number One bestselling The Versions of Us, Laura Barnett cements her position as one of the most talented storytellers of her generation.

En 1958, Eva a dix-neuf ans, elle est étudiante à l'université de Cambridge et la petite amie de David, un acteur ambitieux follement amoureux d'elle. En chemin pour un rendez-vous, son vé

Warm and uplifting storytelling: a delightful treat'Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures'A gorgeous festive tale. Told in the form of interlinked short stories, it's beautifully written and highly emotionally intelligent'Daily Mail'I loved The Versions Of Us by Laura Barnett and her new novel is just as wonderful... The ideal warm, bittersweet read to get you in the festive spirit'Good Housekeeping'Full of warmth, poignancy and a huge dose of Christmas spirit'RedTwelve peopleTwelve giftsOne Christmas to rememberMaddy runs the bookshop on Market Square.She's struggling to choose a gift (a watch? a wine subscription? a weekend bag? all too much?) for her old school friend Peter, who's just moved back from London following a messy divorce. Peter doesn't have a clue what to get for his teenage daughter Chloe - furious with her mother, she's decided to up sticks and move to Kent with him, but he worries that he really doesn't know her at all. Chloe wants to buy something special for her grandmother Irene, who lives alone on the other side of town.Irene doesn't get out much these days, but she'd really like to find the right gift for Alina, who's so much more than a carer, really - always stops to chat for a bit, have a cup of tea, even if it makes her late. And Alina, meanwhile, has her eye on something for... From the no.1 bestselling author of The Versions of Us comes a novel about how wonderful and sad and difficult and happy and strange Christmas can be. Stories to inspire, move and comfort. 'He felt it: the lightness, the expansiveness, the anticipation, the sense that something good was coming.And it was, wasn't it - though the world was still licking its collective wounds and there was still suffering everywhere, suffering and loneliness and sadness. Despite all this, it was good: it was kindness, it was giving without thought of recompense, it was light in the darkness'

If you could choose just sixteen moments to define your entire life, what would they be?Cass Wheeler has seen it all - from the searing heights of success, to earth-shattering moments of despair. She has known passion, envy, pride, fear, and love. She has been a daughter, a mother, a singer, a lover.A musician born in 1950, Cass is now taking one day to select the sixteen songs in her repertoire that have meant the most to her. And behind each song lies a story - from the day her mother abandoned her, to her passionate first love, to the moment she lost everything. The dreams, the failures, the second chances. But what made her disappear so suddenly from her public life?

"Versiones de nosotros" nos narra tres posibles futuros de dos jóvenes, Eva y Jim, después de su accidental primer encuentro en la Universidad; juntos y por separado; desde el Cambridge de finales de los años 1950 al Londres del presente pasando por Nueva York, Paris, Roma...; de la juventud a la vejez a traves de bodas, hijos y toda una serie de ilusiones y desencantos, exitos y fracasos, de ambos. Esta novela original y cautivadora explora como hay momentos en los que la vida puede deslizarse por un sendero o por otro dependiendo solo de pequeños factores o decisiones, y lo hace a traves de la historia de amor de una pareja, el amor que es y el que pudo ser."Versiones de nosotros" nos narra tres posibles futuros de dos jóvenes, Eva y Jim, después de su accidental primer encuentro en la Universidad; juntos y por separado; desde el Cambridge de finales de los años 1950 al Londres del presente pasando por Nueva York, Paris, Roma...; de la juventud a la vejez a traves de bodas, hijos y toda una serie de ilusiones y desencantos, exitos y fracasos, de ambos. Esta novela original y cautivadora explora como hay momentos en los que la vida puede deslizarse por un sendero o por otro dependiendo solo de pequeños factores o decisiones, y lo hace a traves de la historia de amor de una pareja, el amor que es y el que pudo ser.

¿Y si una pequeña decisión pudiera cambiar el curso de tu vida? Cambridge, 1958. Eva y Jim tienen diecinueve años. Eva estudia Literatura y le encanta escribir; Jim, Derecho pero su verdadera vocaci