Elliot. Joe. Tommy. Nathanael. Wren. Oliver. Malik. Zach. Frank. Patrick. Noah. These are the men Margot has loved, liked, lusted over. Since she was seventeen she has always pictured them like stepping stones. Waypoints on her quest to find someone to share her life with and, eventually, to father the children she's always imagined in her future.
When it comes to dating, Margot's had the good, the bad, and the downright embarrassing - from her first kiss to her first time, from the mistakes she'd rather forget to the heartbreak she'll always remember. And for a while it really did seem that those stepping stones had led her to the one.
So how did she find herself here, thirty-four, alone and about to make the biggest decision of her life?
This was never meant to be part of her story.
Fresh, funny and full of heart, As Young as This is an irresistible debut novel about the people that shape us, the plans we make for our lives, and what it means to let go of them, from a major new talent.
Elliot. Joe. Tommy. Nathanael. Wren. Oliver. Malik. Zach. Frank. Patrick. Noah. These are the men Margot has loved, liked, lusted over. Since she was seventeen she has always pictured them like stepping stones. Waypoints on her quest to find someone to share her life with and, eventually, to father the children she's always imagined in her future.
When it comes to dating, Margot's had the good, the bad, and the downright embarrassing - from her first kiss to her first time, from the mistakes she'd rather forget to the heartbreak she'll always remember. And for a while it really did seem that those stepping stones had led her to the one.
So how did she find herself here, thirty-four, alone and about to make the biggest decision of her life?
This was never meant to be part of her story.
Fresh, funny and full of heart, As Young as This is an irresistible debut novel about the people that shape us, the plans we make for our lives, and what it means to let go of them, from a major new talent.
Pages - 288
Binding - Paperback
Publisher - Fig Tree
Publication Date - 2024-04-04
ISBN - 9780241632710
Weight - 352 grams