Finding ideas isnt usually a problem its choosing the right one, the debut novelist writes, and working out how to make it live on the page. Oct 16, 2016 laura barnett was born in 1982 in south london, where she now lives with her husband. The versions of us by laura barnett book club discussion. In versions, barnett tells three alternate versions of a love story, spliced together in chronological order. On the surface, its a little like anagrams by lorrie moore, too. The versions of us audiobook, written by laura barnett. Laura was born in 1982 in south london, where she now lives with her husband. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on. She has been on staff at the guardian and the daily telegraph, and is now a freelance arts journalist and features writer, working for the guardian, the observer, and time out london, as well as several other national newspapers and magazines. The pair meet in 1950s cambridge, when a dog runs in front of evas bicycle.
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The versions of us the debut novel from laura barnett follows eva and jim, students at cambridge who meet in 1958. The versions of us by laura barnett, paperback barnes. The versions of us ebook by laura barnett 9780544634473. The three faces of eva and jim 22 replies despite the uncertainty of the weather here in the uk i seem to have veered off into summer reading territory this week with the previous post on the sunlit night and now this one. Sunday telegraph stunningly crafted and constantly surprising.
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May 23, 2015 widely touted as sliding doors meets one day, the versions of us by laura barnett tells the story of eva edelstein and jim taylor who meet as undergraduates at cambridge university in the late 1950s. The uk hardback edition of the versions of us was waterstones fiction book of the month for june 2015, and the paperback won the spring 2016 richard and judy book club and was a waterstones book club choice. There are three possible outcomes, three small decisions that could determine the rest of their lives. The versions of us, her debut novel, was a number one bestseller and has been translated into 23 languages. She writes regularly for the guardian, the observer, and the daily telegraph. Barnett has also written a nonfiction book and a book of awardwinning short stories. Jim and eva had strong connections with their parents throughout their lives. She studied spanish and italian at cambridge university, and newspaper journalism at city university, london. Her second novel, greatest hits, was published in 2017, along with an accompanying soundtrack by kathryn williams. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Mernie gilmore, daily express a clever, romantic debut barnett tells three outcomes of the same affair, a simple, effective metaphor for the paths love itself can take you on. With the versions of us, laura barnett has created a world as magical and affecting as those that captivated readers in one day and life after life. Click download or read online button to get the versions of us book now.
You can read an extract from it here, and more about the book, and my writing, here. Her first novel, the versions of us, will be published in english, german, spanish, italian, french, portuguese, czech, and mandarin. What if the romantic path you choose turns out to be a misstep. What if one small decision could change the rest of your life. Barnett has also written a nonfiction book and a book of award. The versions of us kindle edition by barnett, laura. She is also a novelist whose debut novel, the versions of us, became a numberone sunday times bestseller in 2015. Lauras barnetts new book greatest hits is available for preorder now. She has been on staff at the guardian and the daily telegraph, and is now a freelance arts journalist and features writer, working for the guardian, the observer and time out london, as well as several other national newspapers and magazines.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the versions of us. Feb 10, 2016 the versions of us, by laura barnett 4. The versions of us by laura barnett extract scribd. Laura barnett is an arts journalist, theatre critic and features writer for several national. The book follows three different versions of their future, with eva and jim together and apart, as we follow them towards the present day and the different paths they take in each story. It is a tale of possibilities and consequences that rings across the shifting decades, from the fifties, sixties, seventies, and on to the present, showing how even the smallest choices can define. The versions of us is well written, deftly crafted and constantly surprising, in the way that chaotic real life is surprising. A dazzling novel about the ways the smallest decisions give shape to our lives, the versions of us charts a relationship through three possible futures.
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