The Light We Lost: The International Bestseller everyone is talking about!

The Light We Lost: The International Bestseller everyone is talking about!
Jill Santopolo

*Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club pick!*Shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book ‘Prima Page-Turners’ Award 2018‘A one-sitting kind of book. Fans of One Day by David Nicholls will love this.’ Stylist MagazineTwo people. One choice. What if?Every love story has a beginning…Lucy and Gabe meet in New York on a day that will change their lives – and the world – forever. As the city burns behind them, they kiss for the very first time.Over the next thirteen years they are torn apart, then brought back together, time and time again. It’s a journey of dreams, of desires, of jealousy, of forgiveness – and above all, love.And as Lucy is faced with a devastating choice, she wonders whether their love is a matter of destiny or chance.…what if this is how their story ends?Me Before You meets One Day in this passionate debut novel, The Light We Lost, an epic love story about the heartrending decision that one woman must make…Now translated into 28 languages.

every love story has a beginning…

11th September 2001. Lucy and Gabe meet in New York on a day that will change their lives – and the world – forever. As the city burns behind them, they kiss for the very first time.

Over the next thirteen years they are torn apart, then brought back together, time and time again. It’s a journey of dreams, of desires, of jealousy, of forgiveness – and above all, love.

As Lucy is faced with a devastating choice, she wonders whether their love is a matter of destiny or chance.

…what if this is how their story ends?

JILL SANTOPOLO received a BA in English Literature from Columbia University and an MFA in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She’s the author of three successful children’s and young-adult series and works as the editorial director of Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers group. An adjunct professor in The New School’s MFA program, Jill travels the world to speak about writing and storytelling. She lives in New York City.

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Contents

Cover (#u87522805-91a9-5057-a7d9-1834c7f8cdd3)

Introduction (#u4a70eb33-f845-5d96-b7b6-df503c9a1f4b)

About the Author (#u23cdd3d2-f7b0-5732-b246-df011cb72d5d)

Title Page (#u57534816-af0d-5309-bd3e-8b73ecdeee06)

Dedication (#uda50a2b8-df6d-54ba-a370-964fa8f98ce5)

Prologue (#ulink_ec8974e2-5f69-58bd-a1f8-6620db247042)

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