Product Description

From the no. 1 bestselling author of PS, I Love You comes an enchanting novel about two childhood friends whom fate and destiny can't help toying with! From naughty children to rebellious teenagers, Rosie and Alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin. But just as they're discovering the joys of teenage nights on the town and dating disasters, they're separated. Alex's family moves from Dublin to America - and Alex goes with them. For good. Rosie's lost without her best friend. But on the eve of her departure to join Alex in Boston, Rosie gets news that will change her life forever - and keep her at home in Ireland. Their magical connection sees them through the ups and downs of each other's lives but neither of them knows whether their friendship can really survive the years and miles - as well as new relationships. And at the back of Rosie's mind is whether they were meant to be more than just good friends all along. Misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck have kept them out of each others' arms, but when presented with the ultimate opportunity, will they gamble everything - including their friendship - for true love? Destiny, Alex and Rosie discover, is a funny thing and fate isn't quite done with them yet!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10239 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 592 pages

Review
PRAISE FOR PS, I LOVE YOU: 'A sensational debut novel that proves true love never dies.' Cosmopolitan 'A wonderfully life-affirming, witty debut.' Company 'Like an Irish Sleepless in Seattle and almost certainly the chick-lit bestseller of the year.' In Style 'A fun, fresh read.' Marie Claire 'Insightful and true.' Deirdre Purcell, Irish Independent 'A wonderfully warm and witty debut from a terrific new writer...This exceptional novel about bereavement, friendship and lost love is both heartbreaking and uplifting.' Express 'Wild humour and heartbreak tangled up in one great read.' Cathy Kelly 'Insightful and true.' Deirdre Purcell, Irish Independent

Heat, June 2005
Brilliantly written, you'll laugh and cry.

Express
‘Cecelia Ahern has emerged as a leading light-romantic writing talent.’

Customer Reviews

Dreams Deferred
In this excellent, epistolary novel, Alex and Rosie are kept apart by circumstances both within and without their control. The only reason I'm giving this book four stars rather than five is that one of the "reasons" keeping them apart was clearly a plot contrivance meant to add another 100 pages to the book, when it was an easily solvable "problem" in real life.

My favorite character in the whole story was the solid, reliable, no-nonsense Ruby, who calls it as she sees it and is correct from the get-go in that Alex and Rosie are mad for each other and just have to face that for themselves.

A friend of mine said a couple years ago that "love leads us down strange pathways." This immensely entertaining novel is an apt demonstration of that belief.

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After reading ps, i love you I was looking for another book by the same author hoping for it to be just as good, and I was pleasently surprised. I was astonished at how a book could be written - and easy to understand, completely as a series of e-mails and letters. At first I found it quite confusing however as I got further through the book I began to find it easier and really enjoyed it. It was an easy read and i would recommend it to anyone!

Frustrating!
When I started this book, I skimmed through the first chapter because I found the letter writing format so annoying and wanted to get to the main story, but unfortunately the format continued right up to the last but one chapter and what could have been a good story was just superficial and frustrating, and the characters one-dimensional. Plus it's a bit far fetched because the book spans fifty years, which would mean that, unless the book is also partly set in the future, they were emailing and IMing in the sixties/seventies/eighties - I don't think so!

Given the pedantic way much of the book was written, the last part was rushed and anticlimactic in comparison; we were supposed to be rooting for Alex and Rosie to finally get together, but when this eventually happened it barely got a paragraph.

Also, minor niggle, the consistent mis-spelling by Alex (and later Katie) of "no" instead of "know" was unbelievable and really irritating - the man's a heart surgeon, so one would expect him to have a modicum of intelligence!