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'An immersive, glamorous, sexy and gripping modern love story to gulp down hungrily and quickly' SUNDAY TIMES 'This sexy, summer romance slips down as easily as oysters and champagne' DAILY MAIL 'An exquisitely tender portrayal of enduring love' OBSERVER 'This book will break you then put you back together again' STYLIST, Book of the Month _________________________________________________________________________ There's no such thing as an ordinary love story When Emily catches sight of Gennifer Hall at a party, she is transported back to the moment they fell in love as teenagers. Their connection was electric, and they thought it was forever. Twenty years later, Gen is an Olympic runner, the career she strived for, while Emily is living a picture-perfect life: Manhattan townhouse, two young children and a wealthy husband, Jack. But Jack's controlling behaviour is spiralling, and Emily has lost sight of who she once was. Now, despite Emily's fracturing marriage and the pressures of Gen's career, they are drawn back together by a magnetic attraction. After years of heartbreak, missed chances and misunderstandings, will they finally get a second chance at first love? A sweeping love story about desire, friendship, mistakes and the possibility of second chances, for fans of The Paper Palace and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow _________________________________________________________________________ 'A sweeping, decades-spanning tale of queer desire' MARIE CLAIRE 'A page-turning romance' GUARDIAN 'Profoundly moving' EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL, bestselling author of STATION ELEVEN 'Almost unbearably beautiful' EMILIA HART, bestselling author of WEYWARD and SIRENS 'Had me hooked from the first page' JENNIE GODFREY, bestselling author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS 'I'm obsessed with this novel. It demands obsession' HOLLY BRICKLEY, author of DEEP CUTS 'Funny and moving and sexy' J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, bestselling author of THE CLIFFS 'A gorgeously written love story' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'I loved this moving, tender story about lost love and second chances' RED 'Immersive and insightful' LISA OWENS, author of NOT WORKING '[A] raw, gorgeous debut' THE i PAPER 'A tender romance' WOMAN & HOME 'Shining with rare clarity' SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE READERS ARE RAVING: ????? 'So

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I stayed up way too late to finish this beautifully written novel, which had me hooked from the first page. A truthful, hopeful look at navigating family, life and love. * Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things * This is an almost unbearably beautiful love story. Emily and Gen feel completely real: on the rare occasion I managed to put this book down, I thought about them constantly. It broke my heart to let them go when I turned the final page. Ordinary Love is extraordinary. * Emilia Hart, bestselling author of Weyward * This novel is remarkable and profoundly moving. A beautifully written, intelligent, quietly hopeful story about being lost and found. * Emily St. John Mandel, bestselling author of Sea of Tranquility * A sweeping tale. Tender, truthful and gorgeously written, I devoured it in a few days. * Samuel Burr, bestselling author of The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers * Ordinary Love sparkles with the excitement, danger and wonder of love in all its forms * Sophie Ward, Booker Prize longlisted author of The Schoolhouse * Evocative and emotional, surprising and propulsive, the whole of it brimming with tenderness. Rutkowski's prose is poetic and sharp, writing to be savored. Perhaps most unforgettable is the chemistry between Emily and Gen, which crackles and explodes on the page * Carola Lovering, bestselling author of Tell Me Lies and Bye, Baby * This summer's smart beach read, with shades of Pineapple Street and The Paper Palace * Grazia * Once in a while one of those truly brilliant books comes along that takes over your life - and, for 2025, Ordinary Love is the book hitting the spot * Stylist *

This is an almost unbearably beautiful love story. Emily and Gen feel completely real: on the rare occasion I managed to put this book down, I thought about them constantly. It broke my heart to let them go when I turned the final page. Ordinary Love is extraordinary. * Emilia Hart, bestselling author of Weyward * This novel is remarkable and profoundly moving. A beautifully written, intelligent, quietly hopeful story about being lost and found. * Emily St. John Mandel, bestselling author of Sea of Tranquility *

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Marie Rutkoski is a New York Times bestselling author of several novels for children and young adults. She grew up in Illinois as the oldest of four children, and has lived in Moscow, Prague, and Paris. She holds degrees from the University of Iowa and Harvard University, and is now a professor of English literature at Brooklyn College, where she teaches Shakespeare, children's literature, and fiction writing. She lives in Brooklyn with her family and two cats, Cloud and Firefly.

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