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Somewhere only we know

Erin Lawless

2015275 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2015
first published
  • 2015HarperImpulse · 275 pages · ENGISBN 9780008139643
  • 2015HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 284 pages · ENGISBN 9780007558322

Alex Bradley can't help but feel that life is rather passing him by. And not just life promotions, invitations, romance; the girl he loves only has eyes for his flatmate and his 9-5 job as the Immigration department skivvy is slowly numbing his soul. Until he meets Nadia. Girl meets boy. Nadia Osipova is running out of time. With no money, no lawyer and a totally fictitious boyfriend, she's got one last summer and one last appeal before the British government deport her back home. Girl gets deported? It's going to be a bumpy ride, one she's dragging her new friend Alex along for. As Nadia races through a list of all her favourite London adventures, for what may be the last time, Alex can't help but start to see the city, and his life, through Nadia's eyes. From hazy summer days on the Common and heady nights in Soho's basement bars, to twilight walks along the Southbank, will Alex realise what he's got before it's too late? Funny, addictive and always honest, this is a love letter to London, friendship and the unexpected from the author of the bestselling The Best Thing I Never Had.

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