The blockbuster debut love story that will keep you awake until morning - for fans of One Day and Normal People Will and Rosie meet as teenagers. They're opposites in every way, but over secret walks home and late-night phone calls, they become closer, destined to be one another's great love story. Until, one day, tragedy strikes, and any possibility of them being together shatters. But that tragedy - and their history - is what will connect them forever...

Details

ISBN13: 9781405953849
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 432
Edition:
Publication Date: 18 Jun 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 19.5(H)x12.7(L)x2.8(W)294
Weight (gm): 294

Author Biography

Claire Daverley was born in 1991 and has been writing stories ever since she was six years old, inspired by art and film and her many trips to the library. After graduating with a degree in Fine Art from The University of Oxford, she began a career in publishing, writing about books by day but penning her own by night, on trains, and in the light of the early mornings. She has spent most of her life in Hertfordshire, but now lives in Scotland with her husband and spaniel. Her debut novel, Talking at Night, has sold in twenty-two languages to date.

Reviews

A beautifully observed, tender love story with characters you really care about...a bit like Normal People. I devoured it -- JOJO MOYES
Tender and true, this is a stunning debut with lyrical and emotional writing that reminded me at times of Sally Rooney * Good Housekeeping *
With shades of Sally Rooney, this is a lyrical, tender love story * Good Housekeeping, 'The books we're looking forward to in 2023' *
Deeply romantic . . . Reminded me of just how all-consuming and transformative first love can be. The more I read, the more I was completely immersed in the story of Rosie and Will and how life, and tragedy, conspire to keep them apart -- LAURA BARNETT, author of THE VERSIONS OF US
A passionate, page-turning debut * Daily Mail *
Quietly devastating, entirely beautiful, bruising and hopeful. In a world of compromise, Claire Daverley has created a perfect thing. Talking at Night takes its place amongst my all time favourites. I implore you to read it. I'll never forget it -- CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END
Talking at Night is a masterful and authentic depiction of true love in all its messy, complicated and gut-wrenching glory. Will and Rosie are the perfect, imperfect star-crossed lovers - their story had me enthralled from the start -- RUTH HOGAN, author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS
Spellbinding, beautiful, lyrical and tender, Talking at Night is a dazzling debut. I loved every word and was left longing for more -- ROSIE WALSH, bestselling author of THE MAN WHO DIDN'T CALL
So beautifully written and the way Daverley brings each character to life is so impressive. Everyone should read this book * Sheerluxe.com *
A stunning debut about the complicated nature of love. Like the very best of Sally Rooney with added lashings of heart - I loved it. Claire Daverley has become an automatic must-read for me. A captivating, nuanced and beautiful debut. -- ISABELLE BROOM