You Are Here
The Instant Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, from the author of One Day
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4.3 • 193 Ratings
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
THE LOVE STORY OF THE YEAR
'A triumph, a real gift of a novel'
Sunday Times
'Romantic, funny and hopeful'
Dolly Alderton
'It makes you want to tell someone - anyone - that you love or care about them'
Independent
Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way...
Marnie is stuck.
Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like it's passing her by.
Michael is coming undone.
Reeling from his wife's departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells.
When a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship.
But can they survive the journey?
'Such a lovely book!'
Nigella Lawson
'You become so invested in the outcome of this romance that it makes the whole world shimmer with a kind of secret possibility'
Observer
'The irresistible feel of a classic romance'
Mail on Sunday
One of the 18 best novels of the year for the Sunday Times
A book of the year pick in the Guardian, Observer, Independent, Mail on Sunday, GQ, Good Housekeeping, NetGalley and Red
Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Fiction 2024
Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2024
Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award 2025
ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS
'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now'
FINANCIAL TIMES
'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters'
DAILY TELEGRAPH
'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does'
EVENING STANDARD
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
After the overwhelming success of One Day’s TV adaptation, its author David Nicholls is having another moment. You Are Here—his sixth novel and first since 2019’s Sweet Sorrow—is a gentle introduction to Nicholls’ gorgeous storytelling and almost unrivalled power to spark unprovoked weeping from his readers. Your Em and Dex here are divorcees Marnie and Michael, brought together by a mutual friend on a monumental coastal walk. Here, our heroes tackle some brutal weather and realities of their shared back stories. There’s little by way of melodrama or huge twists, the magic lies within Nicholls’ gut-wrenching ability to capture magic and heartbreak from the mundane realities of everyday life and conjure up characters we can’t fail to hold dear.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two lonely strangers meet while hiking England's Coast to Coast Walk in the witty latest from Nicholls (Sweet Sorrow). Marnie Walsh, 38, has been wiling away her days as a freelance copy editor, working out of her one-bedroom London flat. Over the years, her friends have started families and left town, but she hasn't had a relationship since her divorce a decade earlier. Michael Bradshaw, a 42-year-old geography teacher from York, likes being alone, though he finds it hard spending time at home ever since his wife Natasha left him nine months earlier. On weekends, he sets out on long, strenuous hikes. Marnie's and Michael's stories converge when a mutual friend invites the two to join a three-day walk on the fells with stays at inns along the way. The two are left alone together by the second day, after the others quit due to heavy rain. While hiking, they develop an easy rapport. Marnie shares why her marriage failed, and Michael divulges that he and his wife were unable to have kids. Marnie is excited to have the time alone with Michael, though unbeknownst to her, he's planning to meet his ex-wife at a point farther along the trail. Nicholls's story unfolds rather predictably, but the terrain, the elements his protagonists face, and their engaging banter save the day. Fans of the author's previous books will get just what they came for.
Customer Reviews
Uplifting
Marnie and Michael, what a team. So much humour is packed in to their dialogue, along with the tender moments too. Loved it
Joyful and human
A beautiful book! Joyful to read.
Sorry, but..
This is a very nicely written book about ordinary people doing ordinary things. And I suppose my life is pretty ordinary too, so it’s not adding much to my day or my thoughts.