THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'That most rare and coveted of literary feats: a popular novel of serious merit, a bestseller that will also endure.' Observer
'Triumph ... the sense of nostalgia is visceral and intense, almost time-bending.' The Sunday Times
'Pitch perfect ... Exquisite ... Terrific ... Very funny ... Though Sweet Sorrow is certainly pulse-quickening enough to absorb readers through this summer's airport delays and rained-off beach days, it's no escapist fantasy. The tale of Charlie and Fran will linger long beyond your tan.' Telegraph
One life-changing summer
Charlie meets Fran...
In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread.
Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope.
But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person. He must join the Company. And if the Company sounds like a cult, the truth is even more appalling.
The price of hope, it seems, is Shakespeare.
Poignant, funny, enchanting, devastating, Sweet Sorrow is a tragicomedy about the rocky path to adulthood and the confusion of family life, a celebration of the reviving power of friendship and that brief, searing explosion of first love that can only be looked at directly after it has burned out.
'A compassionate, intelligent look at the raw pain and loneliness of a teenage boy, the everyday miracle of first love and the perennial power of Shakespeare's language.' Spectator
'A superbly written, beautifully observed account of teenage life, love, family dysfunction and friendship, which builds to a stunningly poignant ending.' Heat
'The author of Us and of course One Day has never written with more tenderness and insight than in this bittersweet story ... perfectly captures the dizzying highs and lows of first love.' Daily Express
'Such a beautiful book. Captures perfectly a moment in time we've all experienced.' Graham Norton
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'That most rare and coveted of literary feats: a popular novel of serious merit, a bestseller that will also endure.' Observer
'Triumph ... the sense of nostalgia is visceral and intense, almost time-bending.' The Sunday Times
'Pitch perfect ... Exquisite ... Terrific ... Very funny ... Though Sweet Sorrow is certainly pulse-quickening enough to absorb readers through this summer's airport delays and rained-off beach days, it's no escapist fantasy. The tale of Charlie and Fran will linger long beyond your tan.' Telegraph
One life-changing summer
Charlie meets Fran...
In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread.
Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope.
But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person. He must join the Company. And if the Company sounds like a cult, the truth is even more appalling.
The price of hope, it seems, is Shakespeare.
Poignant, funny, enchanting, devastating, Sweet Sorrow is a tragicomedy about the rocky path to adulthood and the confusion of family life, a celebration of the reviving power of friendship and that brief, searing explosion of first love that can only be looked at directly after it has burned out.
'A compassionate, intelligent look at the raw pain and loneliness of a teenage boy, the everyday miracle of first love and the perennial power of Shakespeare's language.' Spectator
'A superbly written, beautifully observed account of teenage life, love, family dysfunction and friendship, which builds to a stunningly poignant ending.' Heat
'The author of Us and of course One Day has never written with more tenderness and insight than in this bittersweet story ... perfectly captures the dizzying highs and lows of first love.' Daily Express
'Such a beautiful book. Captures perfectly a moment in time we've all experienced.' Graham Norton
David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The
Understudy, One Day, Us and Sweet Sorrow. One Day was published in
2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim: translated into 40
languages, it became a global bestseller, selling millions of
copies worldwide. His fourth novel, Us, was longlisted for the
Booker Prize for Fiction.
On screen, David has written adaptations of Far from the Madding
Crowd, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Great Expectations,
as well as of his own novels, Starter for Ten, One Day and Us. His
adaptation of Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict
Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won him a BAFTA for best
writer. The Netflix adaptation of One Day was executive-produced by
David.
David's latest novel, You Are Here, will be published in April 2024
and is available for pre-order now.
Very funny and heart wrenchingly tender
*Grazia*
A beautiful paean to young love . . . Here he proves that he can
still pull off that most rare and coveted of literary feats: a
popular novel of serious merit, a bestseller that will also
endure
*Observer*
This is Nicholls' talent - what really sets this story apart is the
dialogue: funny, telling, laughter-inducing, he's hard to beat
*Stylist*
He's such a genius. His novels are relatable and recognisable, but
also surprising, breath-taking and life-enhancing
*Nina Stibbe, author of LOVE, NINA*
A classic coming of age novel with universal truths teased out with
remarkable perception
*Irish Times*
Affirms once again Nicholls' talent for unearthing the special in
the ordinary
*Metro*
Full of the joy and pain of first love, fans who fell for
bestseller One Day, ten years ago, won't be disappointed
*Sunday Mirror*
A big-hearted book with wonderful set-pieces . . . beautifully
funny and touching . . . his books always seem as fresh as they are
wise and funny
*Literary Review*
I don't think anyone writing right now captures youth and
adolescence better; I'm not sure anyone even gets close
*Jenny Colgan, author of THE LITTLE SHOP OF HAPPY-EVER-AFTER*
Such a beautiful book. Captures perfectly a moment in time we've
all experienced
*Graham Norton*
Written with great comic panache and generosity of spirit, it is
Nicholls' most mature and compelling novel so far
*i paper*
Nicholls' literary talents are impressive . . . the sense of
nostalgia is visceral and intense, almost time-bending
*Sunday Times*
It's just perfect in every way
*Jill Mansell, author of SHOULD I TELL YOU?*
A book that will find its way into your heart and set up home . . .
this story perfectly captures the awkwardness and poignancy of
first love
*Red*
Funny, engaging and moving, another triumph from the brilliant
David Nicholls
*John Boyne, author of THE HEART'S INVISIBLE FURIES*
A compassionate, intelligent look at the raw pain and loneliness of
a teenage boy, the everyday miracle of first love and the perennial
power of Shakespeare's language
*Spectator*
Fizzing . . . a funny, affectionate exploration of first love
*Guardian*
Astutely observed, and almost painfully nostalgic, Sweet Sorrow
reads like a true story
*Clare Mackintosh, author of THE LAST PARTY*
It's everything a story should be. Beautiful and clear and
heartfelt, and it will do what all brilliant stories do: it will
find the very pinpoint of who you are and it will stay there
*Joanna Cannon, author of WILL YOU READ THIS, PLEASE?*
A master of the bittersweet coming-of-age novel
*Herald*
Pitch perfect . . . Exquisite . . . Terrific . . . Very funny . . .
Though Sweet Sorrow is certainly pulse-quickening enough to absorb
readers through this summer's airport delays and rained-off beach
days, it's no escapist fantasy. The tale of Charlie and Fran will
linger long beyond your tan
*Daily Telegraph*
Nicholls perfectly captures the dizzying highs and lows of first
love
*Daily Express*
Adrian Mole meets The Swish Of The Curtain in this lovely
coming-of-age romcom about acting and the class divide
*Daily Mail*
Full of wisdom, poignancy and laughs
*Mail on Sunday*
Interesting, moving, hilarious and sad at the same time
*Scotsman*
A funny, relatable coming-of-age story
*Sun*
A superbly written, beautifully observed account of teenage life,
love, family dysfunction and friendship, which builds to a
stunningly poignant ending
*Heat*
No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in
the way he does
*Evening Standard*
A delicious, pensive summer read
*Press Association*
Piercingly observant, gloriously funny and achingly sad, this is
David Nicholls' best book yet
*Daily Mirror*
Sweet Sorrow manages to be interesting, moving, hilarious and sad
at the same time. I know when my heartstrings are being pulled, but
tugged they assuredly were
*Scotland on Sunday*
A glorious escape to the sunlit uplands of the 1990s, where a
teenager first finds love
*Financial Times*
Funny and nostalgic tale of first love
*Sydney Morning Herald*
If ever there was an author perfect to take with you on holiday (so
to speak), it's David Nicholls
*Stella*
I'm not sure there has ever been a better book to read while by the
sea. The nostalgia, the humour, the deep understanding of
adolescent love and indeed the sorrow. It's such a brilliant
book
*i News*
A witty and tender evocation of young love
*Guardian*
A devastatingly honest exploration of first love, razor-sharp
reflections on friendship - oh, and some snort out loud funny
moments
*Guardian*
David Nicholls is that rarest of literary creatures: a genuinely
brilliant, genuinely popular novelist. His latest, Sweet Sorrow, is
more than just poignant and warm and funny. There are piercing
apercus and writing that's both precise and poetic, lyrical and
tough
*New Statesman*
Eloquent . . . dazzles with wit and shrewd self-reflection
*People*
A tale of first love that hits all the right notes . . . [it] just
might be the sweetest book to brighten your late summer
*Washington Post*
Delectable . . . Nicholls treats you to a satisfying glimpse into
the future, where characters make a curtain call as adults . . .
Bombshells abound
*New York Times Book Review*
Capturing nostalgia for long endless summers as well as for the
strangeness that is friendships among those cast together in a play
. . . a beautiful coming of age story
*AU Review*
No other writer breaks my heart and then partially bandages it back
together quite like Nicholls does. Sweet Sorrow is an absolute
must-read
*Sheerluxe*
David Nicholls [is] again on top form with Sweet Sorrow . . . a
gorgeous tribute to young love . . . and it's got plenty of humour
too
*You Magazine*
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