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  • Published: 3 August 2021
  • ISBN: 9781784162238
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $22.99

Us Three

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3 Aug 2021
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3 Sep 2020
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3 Sep 2020
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. A funny, moving and uplifting novel about life's complications, the power of friendship and how it defines us all, from Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the smash-hit, number one bestselling debut, Never Greener.

Friends forever is a difficult promise to keep...

Meet Lana, Judith and Catrin. Best friends since primary school when they swore an oath on a Curly Wurly wrapper that they would always be there for each other, come what may.

After the trip of a lifetime, the three girls are closer than ever. But an unexpected turn of events shakes the foundation of their friendship to its core, leaving their future in doubt - there's simply too much to forgive, let alone forget. An innocent childhood promise they once made now seems impossible to keep . . .

Packed with all the heart and empathy that made Ruth's name as a screenwriter and now author, Us Three is a funny, moving and uplifting novel about life's complications, the power of friendship and how it defines us all.

Prepare to meet characters you'll feel you've known all your life - prepare to meet Us Three.
  • Published: 3 August 2021
  • ISBN: 9781784162238
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Ruth Jones

Ruth Jones is best known for her outstanding and award-winning television writing, most notably BBC 1's Gavin and Stacey, which she co-wrote with James Corden and in which she played the incorrigible Nessa Jenkins. The most recent Christmas Day special of Gavin and Stacey gained national critical acclaim, drawing an audience of over 18 million and winning a National Television Award for Impact. Ruth also created and co-wrote Sky 1’s Stella, which ran for six series. As well as being Bafta-nominated for her role as the eponymous Stella, Ruth has also starred in several other television comedies and dramas.

Her debut novel Never Greener has now sold over a quarter of a million copies. It was chosen as WHSmith Fiction Book of the Year 2018, was a Zoe Ball Book Club pick, and was a Sunday Times bestseller for fifteen weeks, three weeks at number one. Us Three is Ruth’s second novel.

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Praise for Us Three

Us Three is a warm, smart, uplifting tale of true friendship. I loved Lana, Catrin and Judith - I was genuinely sad to leave them when I turned the final page.

Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of THE FLATSHARE

A wonderfully warm, funny, totally engrossing and unputdownable novel about friendship. A gorgeous treat.

Kate Eberlen, bestselling author of MISS YOU

This novel oozes warmth and honesty. A big-hearted book that provides a cast of characters you'll lose your heart to.

Adele Parks

A touching celebration of the beauty and endurance of female friendship. There is nothing mightier. Fact.

Dawn French

I loved this brilliantly gripping depiction of the complexities of female friendship over the years. Love, betrayal, comedy and loss - Us Three has it all.

Fiona Neill

This moving story of three Welsh friends-for-life . . . balances warmth and humour with bleakness and despair. Another winner for Gavin and Stacey star Jones

<i> Daily Mail <i>

Warm, poignant

Saga

Warm-hearted

Good Housekeeping

A poignant novel about friendship and forgiveness . . . with fantastic characterisation, as you'd expect from the co-creator of Gavin & Stacey, it's an epic journey

Woman & Home

A funny and warm tale of friendship

Evening Standard

A funny, moving and uplifting novel

The Sun

I loved spending time immersed in Catrin, Judith and Lana's lives . . . A contender for my Books of the Year list

Prima

A warm and witty tale of friendship.

Daily Mirror

Jones's trademark warmth and humour suffuse the novel with comedy and pathos, making for a heart-warming, entertaining and, at times, deeply moving story

The Observer

A heart-warming, entertaining and, at times, deeply moving story.

Observer

Moving and funny . . . Jones' unique voice is evident from the first sentence, with her infamous colloquial dialect and warm characters.

My Weekly

We couldn't turn the pages fast enough on this brilliant book.

Closer

Ruth Jones tells her well-crafted characters' experiences, both hilarious and heartbreaking, with compassion and sensitivity, making for a warm and witty story of enduring friendship.

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