Life Number Nine, 9780008475062
Paperback
Timeless souls, star-crossed lovers, destined to meet again and again.
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Life Number Nine

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    29 June 2026

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Summary

‘A beautifully written love story that travels beyond epic’ ANSTEY HARRIS, author of *THE HOUSE OF LOST SECRETS* ‘A cosmically thwarted romance’ *DAILY MAIL* From the critically acclaimed author of THE RULES OF SEEING and *WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS*

For Mika and Jem, love is love; wherever, whenever and whoever they are…

When they meet by chance, perfect strangers, they recognise each other – not from life…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008475062
ISBN-10:0008475067
Author:Joe Heap
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:The Borough Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:29 June 2026
Weight:280g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 33mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A beautifully written love story, that travels beyond epic … This is the kind of book where you read a line and think, that’s one of the best lines I’ve ever read. But then so’s the next one, and the next. The energy of the writing is off the scale.

– Anstey Harris

A cosmically thwarted romance

* Daily Mail *

A groundbreaking love story

* My Weekly *

An emotional rollercoaster

* That’s Upcoming *

A real heart-warmer

* Bella *

A truly unique love story

* That’s Life *

Praise for THE RULES OF SEEING:

Strikingly brilliant

* The Sun *

Astonishing!

– Ruth Hogan

This year’s Eleanor Oliphant

– Claire Allan

Praise for WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS:

Stunning, stunning, stunning

– Anstey Harris

Will stay with you long after you finish reading

* Heat *

A thing of beauty… a triumph

– Fionnuala Kearney

About The Author

Joe Heap

Joe Heap was born in Bradford in 1986, the son of two teachers. In 2004, he won the Foyle Young Poet award, and his poetry has been published in several pamphlets. He studied for a BA in English Literature at Stirling University and a Masters in Creative Writing at Glasgow University. Joe lives in London with his long-suffering girlfriend, short-suffering baby, and much-aggrieved cat. The Rules of Seeing is his first novel.

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