Vince and Joy
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- £5.99
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
Vince & Joy
Remember having sex for the very first time?
Remember thinking: this is The One?
Remember life getting in the way...?
Remember wondering: what happened to the person I once was?
And what happened to the person I first fell in love with?
For Vince and Joy, finding your destiny is easy.
Following it, isn't...
From teenage love in an eighties holiday park to flatshares, relationships, career crises and children, Vince & Joy is the unforgettable story of two lives lived separately but forever entwined; and asks the question: how do you know when something is really meant to be?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Vince Mellon and Joy Downer meet as late-blooming teenagers on a beach vacation, and lose their virginity to one another, then reunite as adults kept apart by bad timing and miscommunication in the winning fourth novel by British bestseller Jewell (A Friend of the Family; Thirtynothing). The first misstep occurs when Joy's vacation is cut short, and the goodbye note (including her contact information) she leaves for Vince outside his window is rendered illegible by the elements. Seven years later, Vince's roommate's wandering cat finds its way to Joy's apartment, which miraculously happens to be around the corner. Too bad for Vince that Joy is about to get married, albeit to a man she isn't attracted to. The narrative takes flight at this point, as Jewell weaves a history of Vince and Joy settling for the wrong people Vince has a child with a woman who cheats on him, Joy's marriage fails before fate intervenes one last time. Jewell's lively prose and amusing observations ("They talked about sex like two dieters circling a pile of profiteroles") effortlessly guide the story toward a satisfying ending.
Customer Reviews
4th Time Reading
First read this when I was a teenager and still love it now. Always go back to this after a few years :-)
Vince and Joy.
Simply my favourite book ever. I believe in and can recognise all the characters in this story. I'm actually in love with Vince and am sad I don't actually know him in real life! I have read this book so many times and it never disappoints even though I know the story so well. Thank you Lisa, you captured that time in life so well.
Vince and joy
This book is beautiful and fun loving it is an amazing read well to be honest anything this woman writes is amazing!!