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The State We’re In

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THE STATE WE'RE IN is the stunning, emotionally powerful novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Adele Parks.

What are the odds that the stranger sitting next to you on a plane is destined to change your life? Especially when they appear to be your opposite in every way.

She's a life-long optimist, looking for her soul mate in every man she meets; he's a resolute cynic - cruel experience has taught him never to put his faith in anyone.

People can surprise you. In the time it takes to fly from London to Chicago, each finds something in the other that they didn't even realise they needed.

Their pasts are such that they can never make one another happy and it's when they get off the plane that their true journey begins...

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Critics Review

'Wonderfully plotted, moving and insightful...this is Parks' best yet, completely deserving of the accolades currently being heaped upon it and shot through with funny, tender and observant moments. I loved it'
Daily Mail
'Full of emotional set-pieces and real insight into relationships between men and women'
Heat
'She is a particularly acute observer of relationship ups and downs, and her stories are always as insightful as they are entertaining'
Daily Mirror
Author Adele Parks
Narrator Peter Noble, Sarah Feathers
Duration 6 hours and 42 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781472203687
Format Audiobook
Publisher Headline
Genre Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Family life fiction, Generational sagas, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Romance
Availability AU, GB, IE

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