The Light We Lost

(Paperback)

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*Reese Witherspoons Book Club pick!*

Shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Prima Page-Turners Award 2018

A one-sitting kind of book. Fans of One Day by David Nicholls will love this. Stylist Magazine

Two people. One choice. What if

Every love story has a beginning
Lucy and Gabe meet in New York on a day that will change their lives and the world forever. As the city burns behind them, they kiss for the very first time.

Over the next thirteen years they are torn apart, then brought back together, time and time again. Its a journey of dreams, of desires, of jealousy, of forgiveness and above all, love.

And as Lucy is faced with a devastating choice, she wonders whether their love is a matter of destiny or chance.

what if this is how their story ends

Me Before You meets One Day in this passionate debut novel, The Light We Lost, an epic love story about the heartrending decision that one woman must make

Now translated into 28 languages.

Reviews

A stunning book, perfect and unputdownable. JILL MANSELL

Our book of the year to date! HELLO MAGAZINE

A proper heartbreaker of a novel Warning: you will big ugly cry while reading this one. RED MAGAZINE

An epic love story. PRIMA MAGAZINE

A one-sitting kind of book. Fans of One Day by David Nicholls will love this. STYLIST MAGAZINE

Surely the next great romantic epic It is a novel that lives with you long after the final page. A book for a generation and a future classic. THE SUN

Emotional and heartbreaking. I predict a global tissue shortage. The Light We Lost will definitely join the ranks of books that make you weep. SARAH MORGAN, bestselling author of MIRACLE ON 5TH AVENUE

Beautiful writing. An unputdownable tearjerker. SUNDAY EXPRESS

Your new tearjerker has arrived: Fans of Me Before You and One Day will love/weep over this elegant novel. NEW YORK POST

One Day meets Me Before You meets your weekender bag. THE SKIMM

Stunning LIZ FENWICK, author of UNDER A CORNISH SKY

An affecting and beautifully-written story about love and missed chances, and how global events can change the course of a single person's life. JULIE COHEN, author of TOGETHER

A heart-wrenching love story impossible for the reader to put the damned book down! IRISH INDEPENDENT

An emotional rollercoaster. US WEEKLY

Its the epic love story of 2017. REDBOOK

Author Bio

Jill Santopolo received an MFA in fiction writing, is the author of three successful children's and young-adult series, and works as the editorial director of Philomel Books. An adjunct professor in The New School's MFA program, she travels the world to speak about writing and storytelling. You can visit her online at www.jillsantopolo.com or follow her on Twitter at @jillsantopolo. She lives in New York City.