{"id":110190,"date":"2015-12-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/product\/versions-of-us\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:29:09","slug":"versions-of-us","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9781474600897","title":{"rendered":"Versions Of Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"+1\"><b>A NO. 1 <i>SUNDAY TIMES <\/i>BESTSELLER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> &#8216;The beautiful love child of David Nicholl&#8217;s <i>One Day<\/i> and Kate Atkinson&#8217;s <i>Life After Life<\/i>&#8216;<\/b><br \/><i><b>The Times<\/b><\/i><\/font> <\/p>\n<p> <font size=\"+1\"><b>What if<\/b><\/font> one small decision could change the rest of your life?<\/p>\n<p> Eva and Jim are nineteen, and students at Cambridge, when their  paths first cross in 1958. Jim is walking along a lane when a woman  approaching him on a bicycle swerves to avoid a dog: what happens next  will determine the rest of their lives. <\/p>\n<p>As we follow three different  versions of their future &#8211; together, and apart &#8211; their love story  takes on different incarnations, as it twists and turns to the conclusion  in the present day.  <\/p>\n<p> <font size=\"+1\">  &#8216;A triumphant debut.. a thoughtful, measured book about the interplay of chance and destiny in our lives&#8217;<br \/><i><b>Sunday Telegraph<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p> &#8216;An utterly convincing love story about two people destined to be together somehow, no matter what&#8217;<br \/><i><b>The Times<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p> &#8216;Like Kate Atkinson&#8217;s <i>Life After Life<\/i> or the film <i>Sliding Doors<\/i>, this fine debut offers multiple &#8220;what ifs&#8221;&#8230; Involving and poignant&#8217;<br \/><i><b>The Sunday Times<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p> &#8216;The tantalising &#8220;what if?&#8221; theme keeps all three stories going at a cracking pace&#8217;<br \/><i><b>Daily Mail<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p> &#8216;Truly enthralling&#8230; I simply adored this wonderful novel&#8217;<br \/><b>Jessie Burton, author of <i>The Miniaturist<\/i> <\/b><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man is walking down a country lane. 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