Ordinary Love: A sweeping love story about desire, friendship, mistakes and the possibility of second chances, for fans of The Paper Palace and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

by Marie Rutkoski

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This is an almost unbearably beautiful love story. Emily and Gen feel completely real: on the rare occasion I managed to put this book down, I thought about them constantly. It broke my heart to let them go when I turned the final page. Ordinary Love is extraordinary. - Emilia Hart, bestselling author of Weyward

FOR EMILY AND GEN, THIS IS LOVE...AT LAST.


Emily has a life many would envy: a Manhattan townhouse, two sweet children and an adoring husband, Jack. But Jack isn't what he appears, and Emily's marriage is secretly troubled.

During their rocky separation, Emily encounters someone she's tried not to think about for years: Gennifer Hall. As teenagers, she was Emily's best friend, first love - and first heartbreak. Emily thought that she'd never recover from losing her. Now, separated by over a decade of mistakes and miscommunications, can they find their way back to each other?

A sweeping love story about desire, friendship, and above all, the possibility of second chances.

This novel is remarkable and profoundly moving. A beautifully written, intelligent, quietly hopeful story about being lost and found. - Emily St. John Mandel, bestselling author of Sea of Tranquility

  • ISBN10 0349146888
  • ISBN13 9780349146881
  • Publish Date 12 June 2025
  • Publish Status Forthcoming
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
  • Imprint Virago Press Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 400
  • Language English