I promised you a surprise and here it is. This Twentysomething Life (A sort-of prequel to 'This Thirtysomething Life')!
This is a short (ish) story I wrote after talking to my editor at Hodder. We agreed it would be really fun to write something about Harry and Emily before This Thirtysomething Life. I knocked around a few ideas, but this one seemed like the most obvious and the most exciting. We meet Harry and Emily two weeks before their wedding and, of course, it's full of typical Harry moments, more Granddad, the stag do and lots of other heartwarming and hilarious moments all leading up to the big day. And the best thing is that it's completely FREE!
From THURSDAY MARCH 7TH you can download this for nothing from Amazon.co.uk. It's my present to all the wonderful, lovely and beautiful people who bought and loved This Thirtysomething Life. I really enjoyed writing this little one-off special and I hope you enjoy reading it too.
Before I hand you over to the official blurb, I must thank my editor Harriet and my agent Ariella for helping me with this and making another little dream of mine a reality. Also, a big cheers to the designer, who did such a sterling job with the cover with very little time. Okay, here it is, the blurb.
A brilliantly funny, heartwarming short story: essential reading for all fans of This Thirtysomething Life and the perfect introduction to Harry and Emily for newcomers.
Before Harry and Emily were thirtysomethings on the cusp of parenthood, they were twentysomethings on the brink of marriage. Set during the build up to their wedding, this is the story of why Harry started a diary and how – in typical Harry fashion – he almost didn’t make it down the aisle.
Just as hilarious and heartwarming as This Thirtysomething Life, this short story is told with unflinching honesty and laugh-out-loud accuracy and gives an insight into just-about-to-be-married madness in all its messy, human, uplifting, feel-good glory. Though you may never look at your father-in-law in quite the same way again . . .
I hope you all love this.
Hugs,
Jon X
