It’s amazing how a book can make you feel and this piece of literature really moved me. In my humble opinion I think it deserves 5 out of 5. If I didn’t have Songbird by Sebastian Faulks to crack on with, I would’ve had the Kleenex at the ready and turned to the first page to read it again.
In a nutshell and without revealing too much about the plot, there are two protagonists Emma and Dexter who meet on the 15th July, the day of their graduation and spend the night together.
In each chapter you discover what the pair’s up to the subsequent year, following their lives until they’re in their early forties.
Em is bright and ambitious, yet she finds herself working in a Tex-Mex restaurant after graduating whilst Dex roams around the world. The characters both move to London where Dex becomes a famous TV host and Emma, after writing unsuccessful plays becomes a teacher.
Amidst the book, they endeavour to reveal their true feelings but coincidences deter such occurrences from taking place.
Dex develops a need for drugs which drives Emma away but a couple of years later they’re reunited at a mutual friends wedding to find that their attraction for one another still exists, albeit secretly.
The last few chapters certainly pull on the heartstrings and the end was simultaneously heartbreaking yet magical.
Hopefully, my almost amateur review has created somewhat of a cliff-hanger and you’ll want to find out why it’s so bittersweet.
Go on and scribble One Day on your to read list and enjoy the fabulous writing of Mr David Nichols.
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