After I Left You

What happens when your past catches up with you? An evocative read for fans of Lisa Jewell and Liane Moriarty.

Beautifully written and full of intelligent, emotional and interesting characters . . . will stay with you long after you finish the final captivating chapter

A wonderfully romantic read that'll have you hooked from the offset

Alison Mercer has expertly spun an engrossing story about love, secrets and second chances.

Tamar Cohen, author of The Mistress's Revenge

A tender and romantic story of love and friendship, elegant and engrossing, beautifully told

Louise Douglas, bestselling author of The Secrets Between Us

A lovely absorbing read, so evocative of student life. Alison Mercer really captures the passion of falling in love for the first time.

Alice Peterson, author of Monday to Friday Man

A deeply moving tale of facing the past so you can live in the present

Samantha Ellis, author of How To Be A Heroine

An absorbing and powerful novel of love, friendship and secrets

Sometimes you can have a very intense group of friends that you were at university with and then real life takes over, but there’s a kind of echo that keeps you together. This is a book about second chances, about friendships, the secrets that we keep and the interpretation of events.

Alison Mercer was born in Reading and studied English at University College, Oxford. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and two children.

Every broken heart has a history. 
 
Anna hasn't been back to Oxford since her last summer at university. She tries not to think about her time there, or the tightly knit group of friends she once thought would be hers forever. She has almost forgotten the sting of betrayal, the secret she carries around, the last night she spent with them all. 
 
Then a chance meeting on a rainy day in London brings her past tumbling back into her present. . . Can Anna finally face up to the memories of that summer and the people she left behind? 
 
An absorbing, powerful novel of love, friendship and secrets that sweeps you away from the very first page. The perfect read for fans of Lisa Jewell, Liane Moriarty and Jane Fallon.

Alison Mercer

Effortlessly readable and sharply realistic, this is grown-up chick-lit at its very best.

Funny and moving, this is a fab debut from Alison Mercer.

Mercer has a satirical eye which she puts to good effect in describing such cornerstones of middle-class life as private antenatal classes and bitchy newspaper columnists. A funny, promising debut.

Meet Lucy, Tina and Natalie, twenty-something friends who are all negotiating the risky business of being grown-up. 
 
Lucy knows exactly what she wants: her marriage to be a success, her children to be perfect, and to be the ultimate home-maker. 
 
Tina knows what she wants too: her journalism career to take off and to see her name as a byline in a national newspaper... and the illicit affair she's started leaves her free enough to follow her dreams. 
 
Natalie just wants to be happy - happy with the boyfriend she's dated since college, happy with the job she's drifted into, happy with a life she thinks is enough – but is it really? 
 
Ten years later, all three women have the lives they thought they wanted. But somehow, reality isn't quite as neat and clean-cut as their dreams...

Alison Mercer

Praise for Stop the Clock

A lovely absorbing read, so evocative of student life. Alison Mercer really captures the passion of falling in love for the first time.

Alison Mercer has expertly spun an engrossing story about love, secrets and second chances.

Effortlessly readable and sharply realistic, this is grown-up chick-lit at its very best.

A lovely absorbing read, so evocative of student life. Alison Mercer really captures the passion of falling in love for the first time.

Alison Mercer has expertly spun an engrossing story about love, secrets and second chances.

Effortlessly readable and sharply realistic, this is grown-up chick-lit at its very best.

A lovely absorbing read, so evocative of student life. Alison Mercer really captures the passion of falling in love for the first time.

Alison Mercer has expertly spun an engrossing story about love, secrets and second chances.

Effortlessly readable and sharply realistic, this is grown-up chick-lit at its very best.

Books by Alison Mercer

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