The Greatest Love Story of All Time
  • Published: 23 May 2012
  • ISBN: 9780241952986
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $19.99

The Greatest Love Story of All Time

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A laugh-out-loud debut novel from the popular Marie Claire blogger Lucy Robinson

It's Fran's thirtieth birthday and things are good . . .

She's bluffed her way into a Very Posh Job and her outlandishly handsome and talented boyfriend Michael is escorting her to the Ritz with a bulge the shape of a ring box in his pocket.

But something has gone wrong. Very wrong. By the end of the evening Fran is howling in bed with a bottle of cheap brandy and one of Michael's old socks.

In her quest to figure out why her life has suddenly gone down the pan, Fran comes up with a failsafe plan: live like a badger, stalk a stranger called Nellie and cancel her beloved Gin Thursdays in favour of drinking gin every night. But then Fran's friends force a very different plan on her and it's nowhere near as fun. How could eight dates possibly make her feel better?

But eventually she agrees. And so begins the greatest love story of all time . . .
  • Published: 23 May 2012
  • ISBN: 9780241952986
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

Lucy Robinson

The Greatest Love Story of All Time is Lucy Robinson's debut novel. Prior to writing Lucy worked first in West End theatre production and then factual television, working on documentaries for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and five. Her writing career began when she started a dating blog for Marie Claire where she entertained readers with frank tales from her laughably unsuccessful foray into the world of internet dating.

Lucy is from Gloucestershire where she was brought up surrounded by various stupid animals and is currently conducting an early mid-life crisis in South America. When in London she likes to think she lives in Highbury but in truth she is a person of no fixed abode.

Also by Lucy Robinson

The Day We Disappeared
The Unfinished Symphony of You and Me
A Passionate Love Affair with a Total Stranger
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Praise for The Greatest Love Story of All Time

Praise for Lucy Robinson

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A novel you'll be talking about for a very long time and an overwhelming accomplishment that cements Lucy Robinson's place amongst the very best in the business

Isabelle Broom

Charmingly fun with bags of romance and laughs

Closer

Fabulous characters, dark secrets and a clever, compulsive plot that will take you completely by surprise

Lucy Diamond

Fans of Marian Keyes and Cecelia Ahern will love Lucy Robinson's giggle-inducing humour, relatable characters and her ability to tackle tough topics in the most engaging way. With a twist that will leave you speechless

Glamour

I flaming loved it

Milly Johnson

Intriguing and uplifting - a real page-turner full of humour and mystery

Julie Cohen

Refreshingly playful

Red

We laughed, we cried, we fell in love

Heat

An absolute must-read

Huffington Post

An outlandish yet funny debut

Stylist

I couldn't put this book down: a fabulously original love story

Lucy Dillon

Many novels claim to be laugh-out-loud funny, but this debut actually is . . . Prepare for public-transport belly laughs

Glamour

The new Marian Keyes . . . romantic and laugh-out-loud hilarious

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