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Also by David Nicholls
Starter for Ten
The Understudy
To Max and Romy, for when you’re older.
And Hannah, as always.
Contents
Cover
Other Books by this Author
Title Page
Dedication
Part One - 1988–1992: Early Twenties
Chapter One - The Future
Chapter Two - Back to Life
Chapter Three - The Taj Mahal
Chapter Four - Opportunities
Chapter Five - The Rules of Engagement
Part Two - 1993–1995: Late Twenties
Chapter Six - Chemical
Chapter Seven - G.S.O.H.
Chapter Eight - Showbusiness
Chapter Nine - Cigarettes and Alcohol
Part Three - 1996–2001: Early Thirties
Chapter Ten - Carpe Diem
Chapter Eleven - Two Meetings
Chapter Twelve - Saying ‘I Love You’
Chapter Thirteen - The Third Wave
Chapter Fourteen - Fathering
Chapter Fifteen - Jean Seberg
Part Four - 2002–2005: Late Thirties
Chapter Sixteen - Monday Morning
Chapter Seventeen - bigdayspeech.doc
Chapter Eighteen - The Middle
Part Five - Three Anniversaries
Chapter Nineteen - The Morning After
Chapter Twenty - The First Anniversary: A Celebration
Chapter Twenty-One - Arthur’s Seat
Chapter Twenty-Two - The Second Anniversary: Unpacking
Chapter Twenty-Three - The Third Anniversary: Last Summer
Reader’s Guide
About the author
Acknowledgements
Copyright
‘What are days for?
Days are where we live.
They come, they wake us
Time and time over.
They are to be happy in:
Where can we live but days?
Ah, solving that question
Brings the priest and the doctor
In their long coats
Running over the fields.’
Philip Larkin, ‘Days’

Part One
1988–1992
Early Twenties
‘That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it and think how different its course would have been. Pause, you who read this, and think for a long moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on that memorable day.’
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

CHAPTER ONE
The Future
FRIDAY 15 JULY 1988
Rankeillor Street, Edinburgh
‘I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference,’ she said. ‘You know, actually change something.’
‘What, like “change the world”, you mean?’
‘Not the whole entire world. Just the little bit around you.’
They lay in silence for a moment, bodies curled around each other in the single bed, then both began to laugh in low, pre-dawn voices. ‘Can’t believe I just said that,’ she groaned. ‘Sounds a bit corny, doesn’t it?’
‘A bit corny.’
‘I’m tryi ............

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