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AN UTTERLY HEARTWARMING DEBUT NOVEL OF UNEXPECTED FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND SECRETS, PERFECT FOR FANS OF BETH O''LEARY AND MHAIRI MCFARLANE. Q: What do you call five strangers with nothing left to lose? A: A quiz team that might just surprise everyone... When Bryony, Harry and Jaime step into the Five Bells, each has their own motive for being drawn into the warm glow of the pub. Heartbroken Harry can''t face his silent flat. Jaime, new to London with her boyfriend, longs to find a fun crowd. And Bryony is trying to remember the promising young woman she was, before a positive pregnancy test set her life on a different course. When they spot the advert to join a quiz team and enter a tournament, each signs up, unaware that the organiser, Donna, has her own reason to avoid thinking about home. After a few evenings, the strangers begin to see they have more in common than they realised. But when everyone''s secrets are finally out on the table, will it sabotage the team''s chances of making it through? A warm, funny and romantic debut novel about losing hope, then finding the friends to get you through it all.
About the author
Lauren Farnsworth lives in north-west Essex with her husband and five-year-old twins. She is editorial director of Buster Books, an independent children's imprint in South London, and has worked in publishing for over fifteen years. She completed the Faber Academy course in 2021.
Summary
For four strangers in South London feeling lost, new friends unexpectedly become family when they respond to an ad for a pub quiz team. This warm and moving debut novel is perfect for readers of Beth O'Leary, Libby Page and Clare Pooley.
