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Talking at Night

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Will and Rosie meet as teenagers. They're opposites in every way, but over secret walks home and late-night phone calls they become closer, destined to be one another's great love story.

Until, one day, tragedy strikes and any possibility of them being together shatters.

But that tragedy - and their history - is what will connect them forever...

©2023 Claire Daverley (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

A beautifully observed, tender love story with characters you really care about...a bit like Normal People. I devoured it
JOJO MOYES
Tender and true, this is a stunning debut with lyrical and emotional writing that reminded me at times of Sally Rooney
Good Housekeeping
With shades of Sally Rooney, this is a lyrical, tender love story
Good Housekeeping, 'The books we're looking forward to in 2023'
Deeply romantic . . . Reminded me of just how all-consuming and transformative first love can be. The more I read, the more I was completely immersed in the story of Rosie and Will and how life, and tragedy, conspire to keep them apart
LAURA BARNETT, author of THE VERSIONS OF US
A passionate, page-turning debut
Daily Mail
Quietly devastating, entirely beautiful, bruising and hopeful. In a world of compromise, Claire Daverley has created a perfect thing. Talking at Night takes its place amongst my all time favourites. I implore you to read it. I'll never forget it
CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END
Talking at Night is a masterful and authentic depiction of true love in all its messy, complicated and gut-wrenching glory. Will and Rosie are the perfect, imperfect star-crossed lovers - their story had me enthralled from the start
RUTH HOGAN, author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS
Spellbinding, beautiful, lyrical and tender, Talking at Night is a dazzling debut. I loved every word and was left longing for more
ROSIE WALSH, bestselling author of THE MAN WHO DIDN'T CALL
So beautifully written and the way Daverley brings each character to life is so impressive. Everyone should read this book
Sheerluxe.com
A stunning debut about the complicated nature of love. Like the very best of Sally Rooney with added lashings of heart - I loved it. Claire Daverley has become an automatic must-read for me. A captivating, nuanced and beautiful debut.
ISABELLE BROOM
Author Claire Daverley
Narrator Emma Appleton
Duration 13 hours and 17 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9780241625668
Format Audiobook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Genre Contemporary romance, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Collections Book Club Fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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