An unforgettable literary love story. 'This is a deeply appealing and winning novel.' Meg Wolitzer
Mother, writer, worker, sister, friend, citizen, daughter, wife. If she could be one, perhaps she could manage. Trying to be all, she found she was none.
Coralie has grown up in Australia but needs to escape some ghosts there. At twenty-nine, adrift in London, she meets witty, sexy, generous Adam-and his charming four-year-old daughter. Falling in love is fun, romantic and reassuring. And then?
Coralie yearns for children of her own, and to become a writer. Gradually, with Adam, who has a blossoming career as a political commentator, she builds the home and family she's longed for.
But her trips back to Australia change her perspective. Ten years on, she realises something important is missing- herself. When she reaches breaking point, the results surprise everyone.
In this this is an unforgettable story about what 'happily ever after' might truly mean, Jessica Stanley writes about life as we live it. Against the backdrop of a turbulent decade in politics, she reveals how our intimate dramas can get tangled up with the public events of our times.
An honest, entertaining and intelligent portrait of a woman in love, Consider Yourself Kissed will capture your heart.
PRAISE-
'Fabulous...It's clever, joyful, familiar and awkward, and so funny.' Nina Stibbe, author Reasons to Be Cheerful
'Sweet and tender.' Pandora Sykes, author of How Do We Know We're Doing it Right?
'Consider Yourself Kissed is a tender, layered novel and one of the sharpest portrayals of marriage and motherhood I've ever read. It's also warm and clever and funny. I completely inhaled it. As with all my favourite novels, I wished I could read it forever.' Alice Robinson, author of If You Go
'Jessica Stanley captures all the quiet ecstasy and devastation of being a lover, a mother, a woman in the world, and wondering what is left over for yourself. In Coralie's endless labour to do everything right and try to write, I felt achingly seen. I want to hand this gorgeous book to every mum I know with a hug.' Clare Fletcher, author of Love Match
'Consider Yourself Kissed is an incisive story about the complicated task of loving and being loved. There's so much in this smart book - about class and identity, family and work. Stanley's idiosyncratic characters are the heartbeat of this novel. I could see them, full-bodied, jumping out of the page, interesting and strange and, by the end, I missed them all.' Erin Riley, author of A Real Piece of Work
'I absolutely raced through this novel which I found so smart, funny and true to life. One of those books you'll want to give all your friends once you've finished.' Claire Powell, author of At the Table
'The platonic ideal of reading experiences!...So funny, so smart and deliciously well observed! A real treat.' Lizzy Stewart, author of Alison
