Summary
‘You knew I’d write a book about you someday’
Our narrator understands good love stories - their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules.
She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined - with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837265787 |
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| ISBN-10: | 183726578X |
| Author: | Lily King |
| Publisher: | Canongate Books |
| Imprint: | Canongate Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 324g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 233mm x 155mm |
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‘Lily King writes with a great generosity of spirit’ - ANN PATCHETT ‘King is one of our finest cartographers of the human heart’ - Time‘Gorgeous!’ - ELIZABETH STROUT‘The best book I read over summer. Just STUNNING.’ -Jessie Stephens, author of Something Bad is Going to Happen ‘This gentle but passionate story of first love revisited left me heartbroken but so thankful for the journey Lilly King takes her reader on. I can’t recommend it highly enough.’ -Mali Cornish, author of The Missing Mother “I inhaled this novel in one breathless gulp, constantly asking myself, how is she doing it? How is she writing this tender, funny, deeply empathetic novel while also making it impossible for me to stop turning the page? Heart the Lover is a magic pill and Lily King is its virtuosic alchemist.”-Tahmima Anam, author of The Startup Wife
About The Author
Lily King
Lily King is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Euphoria and Writers & Lovers, and the story collection Five Tuesdays in Winter. Her work has won numerous prizes and awards, including the Kirkus Prize, the New England Book Award for Fiction, the Maine Book Award for Fiction, a MacDowell Fellowship and a Whiting Award. She lives in Portland, Maine.
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