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Hold Back the Stars

  • Imprint: Black Swan

  • ISBN: 9781784161774

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 20mm x 127mm

  • Weight: 220g

  • RRP: £7.99

Hold Back the Stars

'A bold new talent' Matt Haig

Ninety minutes.

A few years from now, not too far in the future, two people meet.

It is a classic story of boy meets girl.

Except that it's not.

When we find them, they have an hour and a half left.

Unless they can save themselves, they won't survive.

The clock is ticking.

Bittersweet and life-affirming, Hold Back the Stars is the love story of the year.

SOON TO BE A FILM STARRING JOHN BOYEGA AND LETITIA WRIGHT
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PRAISE FOR HOLD BACK THE STARS:
'The most unique love story I've read in years' Rowan Coleman
'Prepare to shed tears' Heat
'Original, surprising and romantic' Woman & Home
‘Full of wonder and heart’ Emma Jane Unsworth
'An incredibly imaginative debut' Sunday Mirror

  • Imprint: Black Swan

  • ISBN: 9781784161774

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 20mm x 127mm

  • Weight: 220g

  • RRP: £7.99

Reviews

  • Prepare to shed tears

    Heat

  • Original, surprising and romantic

    Woman & Home

  • Breaks your heart, then kicks it a few more times for good measure in the most beautiful way possible

    The Pool

  • A high-stakes, high-concept love story from a bold new talent . . . All of the obvious "out of this world" comments apply.

    Matt Haig, author of The Humans

  • Think Gravity meets The Versions of Us

    Red

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About the Author

Katie Khan

Katie Khan is a writer from London whose first novel, Hold Back the Stars, was published to great acclaim, translated into twenty-two languages, and is being adapted into a feature film. The Light Between Us is her second novel. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @katie_khan. katiekhan.com

Katie Khan

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