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Book SynopsisTHE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON‘Exhilarating, timely and emotive’ GUARDIAN'I devoured it. So enjoyable' ZADIE SMITH‘Love, friendship and betrayal…gorgeous’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH------------------------------------This is the story of Sam and Sadie. It's not a romance, but it is about love. When Sam catches sight of Sadie at a crowded train station one morning he is catapulted straight back to childhood, and the hours they spent immersed in playing games.Their spark is instantly reignited and sets off a creative collaboration that will make them superstars. It is the 90s, and anything is possible.What comes next is a decades-long tale of friendship and rivalry, fame and art, betrayal and tragedy, perfect worlds and imperfect ones. And, above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.---------------------------------------'I'm LOVING it' ZOE SUGG'One of the best books I've ever read' JOHN GREEN‘Extraordinary… made me sob' JOJO MOYES'Magnificent... Such wisdom and tenderness' RUSSELL T. DAVIES‘I couldn’t put it down’ GERI HALLIWELL‘Beautiful and heartbreaking’ THE TIMES'An exquisite love-letter to life' TAYARI JONES'Anyone who reads Tomorrow can't stop talking about it' STYLIST‘I loved it’ CELESTE NG‘Exhilarating’ PSYCHOLOGIES'This BLEW me away' PANDORA SYKES'The go-to for your next hit of nineties nostalgia' EVENING STANDARD‘Terrific...Zevin is a great writer’ BILL GATES‘Tremendous… A literary blockbuster destined to be filed in the Great American Novel category’ INDEPENDENTTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller from 30.07.2023 - 24.9.23Note: There is a chance the book cover you receive may differ from the cover displayed here.Trade ReviewI loved this book -- Jojo MoyesLove, friendship and betrayal . . . Gorgeous * Sunday Telegraph *I'm LOVING it -- Zoe SuggEngrossing...beautiful and heartbreaking * The Times *Anyone who reads Tomorrow can't stop talking about it. The story of Sam and Sadie and the worlds they create is something truly special * Stylist *I recently devoured Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. So enjoyable. -- Zadie Smith * Guardian *An exquisite love letter to life -- Tayari Jones, Women's Prize-winning author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGEUtterly brilliant. In this sweeping, gorgeously written novel, Gabrielle Zevin charts the beauty, tenacity, and fragility of human love and creativity. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is one of the best books I've ever read -- John GreenI LOVED this!... Magnificent... Such wisdom and tenderness about friendship and love as the years march on. Wonderful -- Russell T DaviesThis BLEW me away -- I've never read anything like it -- Pandora Sykes, InstagramOh my god, I couldn’t put it down and it made me cry – I love it when a book makes me cry – and I didn’t want it to end... I really loved it -- Geri HalliwellI recently read this book and loved it - it's the story of a friendship that waxes and wanes and evolves over the years, the kind that seldom gets depicted in fiction. Plus, it's a love letter to video games, the stories they tell and the way we use art to try to make meaning in our lives -- Celeste Ng * Washington Post *Terrific -- James PattersonBrilliant -- Karen Joy Fowler * Guardian *My #1 book to recommend -- EMMA STRAUB, New York Times bestselling author of All Adults HereLove, loss, plus '90s pop culture make this the perfect high/low mash-up * Grazia *A must-read -- Neil Druckmann, on InstagramOMG I love this book SO MUCH . . . pick it up, it's WONDERFUL -- Joanna Cannon, TwitterAll I want to do is just sit and read it and abandon everything else -- ANNA JAMES, author of Pages & CoTerrific...Zevin is a great writer who makes you care deeply about her characters. * BILL GATES *Despite having an engrossing plot, the book reminds you that plot is never really the point of a great novel, and this is a great novel -- Erica Wagner * Financial Times *A beautifully wrought saga of human connection and the creative process, of love and all of its complicated levels. A gem of a novel, intimate yet sweeping, modern yet timeless. Bits of this book lingered in my head the way ghosts of Tetris pieces continue to fall in your mind's eye after playing -- ERIN MORGENSTERNI read this in one sitting - I physically couldn't put it down. It is just as wonderful as everyone says -- LOUISE O'NEILL, author of Idol

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Book SynopsisThis magically illustrated gamebook plunges you into a story with a difference - one where the hero is YOU.But as you stare out at the stars from your prison cell window, you're not feeling very heroic. You, a city guard, thrown in jail because someone whispered a word in your ear. Just a single word...Then your cell door creaks open, and you're let loose on an epic adventure where every choice is yours, and your survival depends upon the decisions you make. Who to fight? Who to trust? In a world that's unravelling before your eyes, the mystery goes deeper than you could possibly have dreamt.Bringing together a thrilling story, beautifully illustrated picture puzzles and an exciting combat system (with a link to an online dice-roller), this is an adventure that will have you gripped from beginning to end.Trade ReviewThis superlative gamebook features a thrillingly constructed story of dark forces at work in a magical city, heightened by Knight's sinister illustrations * The Guardian *If you are a fantasy fan, maybe a gamer or someone who likes to take a chance, then you'll enjoy the thrill of this book that makes you the hero. * Armadillo *

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Book SynopsisDestina Rosethorn - as her name implies - believes herself to be a favored child of destiny. But when her father dies in the War of the Lance, she watches her carefully constructed world come crashing down. She loses not only her beloved father but also the legacy he has left her: the family lands and castle. To save her father, she hatches a bold plan - to go back in time and prevent his death.First, she has to secure the Device of Time Journeying, last known to be in the possession of the spirited kender Tasslehoff Burrfoot. But to change time, she'll need another magical artifact - the most powerful and dangerous artifact ever created. Destina's quest takes her from the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin to the town of Solace and beyond, setting in motion a chain of disastrous events that threaten to divert the course of the River of Time, alter the past, and forever change the future.

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