What Will Survive of Us

Love can change your life. Can it survive marriage and middle age? Wonderfully wise, moving and heartfelt WILLIAM BOYD A tender love story DAILY TELEGRAPH*LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025*Lily falls in love with Sam the minute she sets eyes on him. It takes Sam a day or two longer. Curious, because Lily has never quite believed in love, while Sam thought he understood it inside out.Lily, a documentary maker, and Sam, a playwright, are both in relationships that have quietly expired, and an affair takes hold that they are powerless to resist.Arriving in mid-life, their relationship opens unexpected new worlds. But what will happen to them when familiarity and age begin to take their toll? What will survive? Celebrates love in later life HARPER S BAZAAR Playful, knowing a romping read in all senses EVENING STANDARD Jacobson at his finest LINDA GRANT