David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller One Day to a compelling, deftly humorous new novel about what holds marriages and families together—and what happens when everything threatens to fall apart.
Us is the story of Douglas, a husband and father whose life turns upside-down when his wife of three decades tells him she wants a divorce. Will a long-planned family trip to Europe give him one last chance to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learn how to get closer to a son who's always felt like a stranger?
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David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller One Day to a compelling, deftly humorous new novel about what holds marriages and families together—and what happens when everything threatens to fall apart.
Us is the story of Douglas, a husband and father whose life turns upside-down when his wife of three decades tells him she wants a divorce. Will a long-planned family trip to Europe give him one last chance to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learn how to get closer to a son who's always felt like a stranger?
David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller One Day to a compelling, deftly humorous new novel about what holds marriages and families together—and what happens when everything threatens to fall apart.
Us is the story of Douglas, a husband and father whose life turns upside-down when his wife of three decades tells him she wants a divorce. Will a long-planned family trip to Europe give him one last chance to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learn how to get closer to a son who's always felt like a stranger?
David Nicholls's most recent novel, the New York Times bestseller One Day, has sold more than two million copies and has been translated into thirty-seven languages; the film adaptation starred Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway. Nicholls's previous novels include Starter for Ten and The Understudy. He trained as an actor before making the switch to writing and has twice been nominated for BAFTA awards.
David Nicholls, author of the phenomenally successful One Day, delivers again with Us, a bittersweet family drama that was long-listed for the Booker Prize. In his youth Douglas Petersen fell in love with the last woman anyone, including himself, expected him to be with. A straitlaced biochemist, Douglas could hardly believe his luck when the beautiful and […]
