People in Love

Praise for People in Love:

“People in Love is pure heartache, pure poetry, pure, brilliant moonbeam Claire Daverley. The revelations in this novel glow like opals: fiery, clear, milky, the way life is. I couldn’t wait to see what would happen, even though I never wanted it to end.”
—Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Wreck

“People in Love is dazzling: heartbreakingly romantic, exquisitely told and so wise on the small decisions that can dictate a life. It has one of the best endings I’ve ever read. Claire Daverley is now a must-read author for me”
—Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country

“Claire Daverley’s love stories are heartfelt, full of warmth, and show the everyday intimacies that make a life.”
—Florence Knapp, New York Times bestselling author of The Names

“People in Love is magnificent. Claire Daverley is uniquely alert to the texture of a life, both internal and external, and renders it in such detail that one has the pleasure of fully inhabiting her characters. Not only their days—their living rooms and kitchens—but also their families, their memories, and their hearts. Daverley writes with wisdom, kindness, and humor about the glory and pain of love in all its forms. I am particularly admiring of the depth and complexity of her characters and of the beauty she finds in their humanity.”
—Emma Knight, New York Times bestselling author of The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

“Tender and compelling. People in Love is a wistful love story that grapples with the conflict between reality and idealism.”
—Alice Winn, international bestselling author of In Memoriam

“Yet more beautiful, lyrical, sledgehammer-to-the-heart writing. People in Love is a tender and nuanced novel that you will steal away hours to read, called back by its cast of gloriously warm and flawed characters, and the ramifications of how they try to love one another.”
—Lottie Hazell, author of Piglet

“Claire Daverley has Maggie O’Farrell’s ability to render human beings, their relationships, and their flaws so vividly that you want to reach out and comfort them. A really beautiful book, brimming over with heart and heartbreak and everything in between. Have tissues to hand.”
—Bobby Palmer, international bestselling author of Isaac and the Egg

“Two years on from reading Daverley’s stunning debut, Talking at Night, I still think about the characters she created. I absolutely cannot wait to dive into to her new novel about a love triangle and a woman on the edge of getting married who reconnects with her childhood best friend.”
—Good Housekeeping

“Tender, wise, deeply satisfying—I adored [People in Love].”
—Daisy Buchanan, author of Careering

“Claire Daverley—queen of tugging at heart strings—has done it again with People in Love. A story full of warmth and tenderness that examines what form true adult love takes and reaches a refreshing conclusion.”
—Roxy Dunn, author of Wants and Needs

“I ADORED this novel. A grown-up love story that delves into matters of the human heart with such nuance and insight. Claire’s prose is so finely woven that every beautifully honed sentence immerses you fully into the emotional dilemmas of her characters. I stayed up until the early hours reading it.”
—Hannah Beckerman, author of Three Mothers