After 25 Years

This extraordinary novel is based on the genuine texts of a man and woman who meet for dinner 25 years after breaking up - she is married, he is divorcing - and realise they are still in love. It'll make a voyeur of you. In the first work of its kind, a clever mixture of fact and fiction, Charlotte and Tom's texts alternate with heartfelt narrative passages that tell you exactly how they're feeling. You'll watch their relationship quietly develop and sense their joy - and pain. This unique book moves almost in real time. There's no big plot; the drama is in the details. Instead, you'll be hooked by a sad, happy, witty, sexy and reflective minute-by-minute account of an extramarital relationship in an age where a mobile phone replaces the scented billet-doux.