Its beauty and power and the sheer pleasure that it gives are indestructible

Poignant and beautiful...alive with a vividly unique vision of colliding cultures and enduring love

A blazing masterpiece... I cannot think of so moving a love story in modern fiction

One feels as if one had dug up buried treasure...an epic cultural change that seems more immediate than this morning's headlines... An extraordinary novel

A beautiful novel

One of the most gripping and touching stories I have ever read

This is a gem

Stands out from the mass of chick-fic like a poppy in a cornfield . . . Glitters with insight

Praise for Lisa Jewell

Addictively readable

Terrific

A joy . . . a fun summer read

Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun

A triumph

Top marks. Fantastic

Moving and intelligent

Magnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners

Jewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction

Fans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into