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by Jessica Stanley
A literary love story told through ten years in the life of one woman as she tries to build a longed-for family without also losing herself — an entertaining portrayal of the true, grown-up meaning of "happily ever after."
When she first meets Adam, Coralie is new to London and feeling adrift. But Adam is clever, witty, and (he insists) a quarter inch taller than the average male. His charming four-year-old daughter only adds to his appeal.
But ten years on, something important is missing from the life Coralie and Adam have built. Or maybe, having gained everything she dreamed of, Coralie has lost something else she once had: herself.
Set against an eventful British decade that included the soap opera of five prime ministers plus the chaos of the pandemic, Consider Yourself Kissed puts the subjects of love and family on a grand stage, showing how the intimate dramas in our homes inescapably compete for energy and attention with the shared public dramas of our times.
Told over ten years of one woman's life, Consider Yourself Kissed is an unforgettable literary love story that effortlessly balances sweetness with bite, the public with the personal, and humor with heart.
What are you reading this week? (6/26/025)
A vintage vendetta - Camelia Woods (ARC from Hidden Gems) The lost world - Arthur Conan Doyle (audiobook) Consider yourself kissed - Jessica Stanley (for bookclub) The tapestry of time - Kate Heartfield (for BookBrowse)
-Marijana_Bankovic
"[C]harming...Stanley portrays domestic and political developments with wry humor and sharp prose, depicting how the Brexit vote and a family loss each put a strain on the couple and how Coralie finally grapples with her desire to write. Readers will root for Stanley's endearing heroine." —Publishers Weekly
"A tender and realistic cataloging of a relationship as its shifts, changes, and grows over time." —Kirkus Reviews
"The kind of book that, for a certain kind of reader, will immediately become a treasure...This is a book about making a better world, globally and domestically – and whether, perhaps, those two might amount to the same thing....a very human novel. And a very good one." —The Guardian
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Jessica Stanley grew up in Australia and moved to the UK in 2011 where she lives with her three children and partner. Her first novel, A Great Hope, was published exclusively in Australia in 2022.
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