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Friends You Haven't Met Yet

When you’re lonely, a good book can feel like a friend. But what if it could connect you with someone in real life?

When bookshop owner Jude sees how a love of the same book can bring people together, she starts using her shop to help people find connection. Soon, her book-matchmaking has changed the lives of everyone around her, from young Harper trying to find love to the elderly ladies who frequent her cafe.

And before long, perhaps Jude's own life will be changed in unexpected ways, too...

About Clare Pooley

Clare Pooley graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge and spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising, before becoming a full-time writer.

Clare's dark but hilarious memoir, The Sober Diaries, has helped thousands of people around the world to quit drinking.

The Authenticity Project, Clare's debut novel, was a BBC Radio 2 bookclub pick, a New York Times bestseller, the winner of the RNA debut novel award and a Babelio award. It's been translated into 29 languages.

The People on Platform 5 is Clare's second novel, inspired by her fascination with inventing stories about her fellow passengers on her commute to work.

Clare lives in Fulham, London with her husband, three children and two border terriers.
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Details
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • ISBN: 9781787637122
  • Length: 364 pages
  • Price: £16.99
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