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The Time of My Life
Cecelia Ahern
Lose yourself in the magical world of No.1 bestselling author, Cecelia Ahern.Are you taking your life for granted?Lucy Silchester is. She’s busied herself with other stuff: friends’ lives, work issues, her deteriorating car, that kind of thing. But she’s stuck in a rut – and deluding everyone. Only Lucy knows the real truth.Time for a wake-up call – a meeting with life. And life turns out to be a kindly, rather run-down man in an old suit, who is determined to bring about change – and won’t let Lucy off the hook.Sometimes we all need to make time for our life…
The Time of My Life
Cecelia Ahern
Copyright
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2011
This edition published by Harper 2016
Copyright © Cecelia Ahern 2011
Cover design by Heike Schüssler © HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
Cecelia Ahern asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780007350452
Ebook Edition © May 2016 ISBN: 9780007432837
Version: 2017-08-14
Praise for Cecelia Ahern
‘Cecelia Ahern’s novels are like a box of emeralds … they are, one and all, dazzling gems’
Adriana Trigiani, author of The Shoemaker’s Wife
‘Beautiful and unexpected … both thought-provoking and life-affirming’
Sunday Express
‘Intricate and emotional … really completely lovely’
Grazia
‘A wry, dark drama’
Daily Mail
‘Life-affirming, warm and wise’
Good Housekeeping
‘Cecelia Ahern is an undisputed master when it comes to writing about relationships … Moving, real and exquisitely crafted.’
Heat
‘Exceptional … both heartbreaking and uplifting’
Daily Express
‘Both moving and thought-provoking’
Irish Independent
‘An exquisitely crafted and poignant tale about finding the beauty that lies within the ordinary. Make space for it in your life’
Heat
‘An unusual and satisfying novel’
Woman
‘Ahern cleverly and thoughtfully turns the tables, providing thought-provoking life lessons.’
Sunday Express
‘An intriguing, heartfelt novel, which makes you think about the value of life’
Glamour
‘Insightful and true’
Irish Independent
‘Ahern demonstrates a sure and subtle understanding of the human condition and the pleasures and pains in relationships’
Barry Forshaw
‘Utterly irresistible … I devoured it in one sitting’
Marian Keyes
‘The legendary Ahern will keep you guessing … a classic’
Company
For my precious girl, Robin
‘You used to be much more … “muchier”.
You’ve lost your muchness.’
The Mad Hatter to Alice in the film of
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Contents
Cover (#uadc2cd59-bf66-5b65-b722-76a25bd3739b)
Title Page (#ued5dc044-d905-5737-ad3c-f1bfd04bd2ee)
Copyright (#uf59adcab-9f56-53f4-8e66-1cc196a15bdd)
Praise for Cecelia Ahern (#u42b6028b-1228-5be9-a62d-186c0893fe32)
Dedication (#u68540be0-0814-59a5-a2d1-2f5c51676991)
Epigraph (#u64c4186b-076f-528b-965f-576d9f98d282)
Chapter One (#u70ccfd7f-e130-5e01-b589-62c2cece0bd5)
Chapter Two (#u2e78d705-5c0b-5916-88b1-5dc1c6f140a7)
Chapter Three (#ufa61f306-ed7f-5ecd-aa48-674121aebee3)
Chapter Four (#u4ee7bde8-0295-53d1-bce7-41dfdc21998c)
Chapter Five (#u1e2cec23-f99a-5b24-aa64-6452b6b377b9)
Chapter Six (#u96c2a1ed-45e2-5648-92bf-8d65e2f42f36)
Chapter Seven (#uf3be3538-297b-5d96-ac94-87eb10e7be4d)
Chapter Eight (#u490837d9-2a70-57d1-8d58-2af7118405f1)
Chapter Nine (#u9d91741a-f20d-5a56-89cc-3d227a280bba)
Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-one (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty (#litres_trial_promo)
Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)
Let’s Hear from you (#litres_trial_promo)
Keep Reading … (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
