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How to Walk Away

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* * * The New York Times bestseller * * *

If your life fell apart . . . could you start again?

How to Walk Away
is a heartbreaking, joyful story of learning to live and love again from internationally bestselling author Katherine Center.

Maggie Jacobsen is just about to step into the bright future she’s worked so hard and so long for: her dream job, a fiancé she adores and the promise of a perfect life just around the corner. But on what should have been the happiest day of her life, everything she worked for is taken away in a single catastrophic moment.

In hospital Maggie is forced to confront the unthinkable. First there is her fiancé, Charlie, wallowing in self-pity while demanding forgiveness. Then there’s her sister Kit, who shows up after pulling a three-year vanishing act.

Finally there’s Iain, her physical therapist, the one the nurses said was too tough for her. Iain, who won’t let her give in to her despair, who makes her cry, but also manages to make her laugh . . .

Maggie’s new life is nothing like she expected. But could it be more than she had ever dared hope for?

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'I can't think of a blurb good enough for this novel . . . poignant, funny, heartbreaking' - Jenny Lawson, bestselling author of Furiously Happy

'If you read just one book this year, read How to Walk Away' - Nina George, author of The Little Paris Bookshop.

Critics Review

I can't think of a blurb good enough for this novel . . . poignant, funny, heartbreaking.
Jenny Lawson, bestselling author of Furiously Happy
A story about survival that is heartbreakingly honest and wryly funny, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes
Kirkus
If you just read one book this year, read How to Walk Away
Nina George, New York Times bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop

User Reviews

Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
Author Katherine Center
Narrator Therese Plummer
Duration 10 hours and 36 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781509858965
Format Audiobook
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Genre Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Contemporary romance, Modern and contemporary fiction
Availability GB, IE
Rating
5.0 (1 review)
Narration
5.0 (1 review)

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