Wow, what a fantastic story. I got this as a prepub and the cover was blank with a big endorsement by Nick Hornby, whom I like, so I was drawn to it. In a nutshell it is the story of two people, Dexter and Emma, and their friendship over twenty or so years. However, we only check in on them once a day each year, July 15, St. Swithin’s Day. The first day is the day after their college graduation when they spend the night together.
What I loved about this format was that sometimes on a day one of the characters might be about to do something and you think you are going to read through that part of the story, but once the day ends so does the (long) chapter and thus you have to wait a year to see if what they were doing/talking about has affected them a year later, or come to fruition, or what have you. Read the rest of this entry »
