Impossible
Published on 17. March 2022
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-00-846400-4 (ISBN)
Description
*Shortlisted for the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction*
Discover the love story of the year
'The book we all need right now' SARAH PINBOROUGH
'Funny, thrilling' EMMA GANNON
'Unputdownable' JENNIFER SAINT
'Holy s***' GILLIAN MCALLISTER
'Breathtakingly good' JOSIE SILVER
The book with the IMPOSSIBLE twist - read it to believe it ...
_____________________________________________________________
Nick: Failed writer. Failed husband. Dog owner.
Bee: Serial dater. Dress maker. Pringles enthusiast.
One day, their paths cross over a misdirected email. The connection is instant, electric. They feel like they've known each other all their lives.
Nick buys a new suit, gets on a train. Bee steps away from her desk, sets off to meet him under the clock at Euston station.
Think you know how the rest of the story goes? They did too . . .
But this is a story with more twists than most. This is Impossible.
*JOIN THE OBSESSION NOW*
*Number 1 Kindle bestseller the w/e 02/05/2022*
Everyone is falling for IMPOSSIBLE:
'Holy s***. This book. The zingy dialogue, the romance, the suspense. I loved everything about it' Gillian McAllister
'I feel the same way for this book as I did when I first read One Day. It's going to be a classic' Emma Gannon
'Get ready for this humdinger of a love story to blow your socks off!' Sun
'I was swept away by Bee and Nick's impossible love story . . . utterly hooked from the start' Jennifer Saint
'Plotted to perfection with characters that almost jump off the page . . . Never mind Impossible, this book is Unforgettable' New Books
'A ripping clever story with so much damn heart. I loved it' Lauren Beukes
'Electrifying and alluring all the way to the heartbreakingly epic denouement - this story is impossible to put down' Netgalley reviewer
'Wow. Just. Wow' Netgalley reviewer
'I devoured this book in 24 hours. It was funny, intriguing, painful, joyful and heartbreaking in equal measures' Netgalley reviewer
'A book of absolute genuine beauty' Netgalley reviewer
Discover the love story of the year
'The book we all need right now' SARAH PINBOROUGH
'Funny, thrilling' EMMA GANNON
'Unputdownable' JENNIFER SAINT
'Holy s***' GILLIAN MCALLISTER
'Breathtakingly good' JOSIE SILVER
The book with the IMPOSSIBLE twist - read it to believe it ...
_____________________________________________________________
Nick: Failed writer. Failed husband. Dog owner.
Bee: Serial dater. Dress maker. Pringles enthusiast.
One day, their paths cross over a misdirected email. The connection is instant, electric. They feel like they've known each other all their lives.
Nick buys a new suit, gets on a train. Bee steps away from her desk, sets off to meet him under the clock at Euston station.
Think you know how the rest of the story goes? They did too . . .
But this is a story with more twists than most. This is Impossible.
*JOIN THE OBSESSION NOW*
*Number 1 Kindle bestseller the w/e 02/05/2022*
Everyone is falling for IMPOSSIBLE:
'Holy s***. This book. The zingy dialogue, the romance, the suspense. I loved everything about it' Gillian McAllister
'I feel the same way for this book as I did when I first read One Day. It's going to be a classic' Emma Gannon
'Get ready for this humdinger of a love story to blow your socks off!' Sun
'I was swept away by Bee and Nick's impossible love story . . . utterly hooked from the start' Jennifer Saint
'Plotted to perfection with characters that almost jump off the page . . . Never mind Impossible, this book is Unforgettable' New Books
'A ripping clever story with so much damn heart. I loved it' Lauren Beukes
'Electrifying and alluring all the way to the heartbreakingly epic denouement - this story is impossible to put down' Netgalley reviewer
'Wow. Just. Wow' Netgalley reviewer
'I devoured this book in 24 hours. It was funny, intriguing, painful, joyful and heartbreaking in equal measures' Netgalley reviewer
'A book of absolute genuine beauty' Netgalley reviewer
Reviews / Votes
'Holy s***. This book. I loved everything about it. The zingy dialogue, the romance, the suspense. The alternate history . . . It's a love story of the greatest kind' GILLIAN MCALLISTER'Some books become cultural touchstones that people bond over for years, like One Day or The Time Traveller's Wife. You remember where you were when you read them, and how you felt. Impossible is one of those books' LAURA PEARSON
'What an absolute joy of a book! Witty, engaging and so emotionally resonant, IMPOSSIBLE is the book we all need right now!' SARAH PINBOROUGH
'It is amazing, NEVER EVER EVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I WISHED I'D WRITTEN A BOOK SO MUCH. I am BAWLING. Bawling. An actual masterpiece' ANSTEY HARRIS
'Brilliant! I devoured every page. Warm, witty and original' SARAH MORGAN
'An absolutely addictive read . . . I was swept away by Bee and Nick's impossible love story and I was utterly hooked from the start. Genuinely unputdownable' JENNIFER SAINT
'I have DEVOURED Impossible and I'm going to go as far as to say I think it's one of the best rom coms I have ever read. It's so funny, so original, so beautifully mad - I am seething with envy that I didn't write it myself' SOPHIE COUSENS
'It is indeed amazing. It has twisted my brain - in a good way - and made me wonder how much of it could be true. Ingenious and beautifully executed' JILL MANSELL
'Oh my goodness . . . Funny, unique, moving and complex - Lotz has taken an utterly fascinating premise and placed two wonderfully witty people at its heart' CESCA MAJOR
'My mind is officially blown . . . What a book! Breathtakingly original, clever and unputdownable. A work of total genius' SARAH J HARRIS
'It knocked my socks off! Such a ridiculously clever, hilarious read with characters so real, I'll never forget them. One of the best, most original love stories I ever read' JESSICA RYN
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-846400-4 (9780008464004)
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Sarah Lotz is a screenwriter and award-winning novelist whose previous work has been translated into over twenty languages. She lives on the Welsh borders with her family and far too many rescue dogs.