Sweet Sorrow: The Sunday Times bestselling novel of first love from the author of ONE DAY and YOU ARE HERE

⭐ Now in paperback: David Nicholls's new novel You Are Here ⭐

Sweet Sorrow: a novel of first love, set during a long, hot summer where life changes forever...

'Fizzing'
GUARDIAN

'A glorious escape'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'Exquisite'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

It's summer 1997, school is over and Charlie Lewis's life is in shambles. His family is breaking up, his father is falling apart and the long, empty holidays stretch ahead towards an uncertain future.

And then, quite by chance, Charlie meets Fran Fisher and it's as if a new world has opened before him.

But can it last?

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

'Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love'
THE TIMES

'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does'
EVENING STANDARD

'Genuinely brilliant'
NEW STATESMAN