One Day I Shall Astonish the World

<p><b>From the prize-winning author of </b><i><b>Reasons to be Cheerful </b></i><b>comes a story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime</b><br><br>'A true gift of a novel, I utterly adored it. For as long as I could make it last, the world just felt a bit nicer.' <b>Meg Mason</b><br><br>'Wonderful . . . Her best yet' <b>Kathy Burke</b><br><br>'I loved it so SO much! Funnier than ever but with a new depth and maturity' <b>Marian Keyes</b><br>_______________________________________<br><br>Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at The Pin Cushion, a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of character (neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she has made the right choices about life, love, work, and, most importantly, friendship.<br><br>Nina Stibbe's new novel is the story of the wonderful and sometimes surprising path of friendship: from its conspiratorial beginnings, along its irritating wrong turns, to its final gratifying destination.<br>_________________________________________________<br><br>'A lovingly observed testament to the complexities and profundities of female friendship' <b>Elizabeth Day</b><br><br>'Nina Stibbe is not just very funny but absolutely life-affirming' <b>Jenny Colgan</b><br><br>'Stibbe writes some of the best-turned comic sentences in contemporary writing. Like Susan, she makes it look easier than it must be' <i><b>Sunday Times</b></i><br><br>'Nina Stibbe is one of our funniest novelists - it's time to take her seriously' <i><b>Daily Telegraph</b></i><br><br>'Stibbe is one of the all-time greats' <b>Daisy Buchanan</b><br><br>'Clever and funny, it takes a sharp look at the intricacies of marriage, friendship, work and driving. As with all Stibbe's writing there is a pleasingly perfect balance of wisdom with jokes' <b>Cathy Rentzenbrink</b><br><br>'For beautifully funny and well-observed comic writing, Nina Stibbe is your go-to author. In her latest release, a tale of lifelong friendship between Susan and Norma, she explores the mistakes, rivalries and love we all experience in life' <b><i>Stylist</i></b><br><br>'One of the great comic writers of our time'<i> <b>Irish Times</b></i></p> <p><b>From the prize-winning author of </b><i><b>Reasons to be Cheerful </b></i><b>comes a story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime</b><br><br>'A true gift of a novel, I utterly adored it. For as long as I could make it last, the world just felt a bit nicer.' <b>Meg Mason</b><br><br>'Wonderful . . . Her best yet' <b>Kathy Burke</b><br><br>'I loved it so SO much! Funnier than ever but with a new depth and maturity' <b>Marian Keyes</b><br>_______________________________________<br><br>Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at The Pin Cushion, a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of character (neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she has made the right choices about life, love, work, and, most importantly, friendship.<br><br>Nina Stibbe's new novel is the story of the wonderful and sometimes surprising path of friendship: from its conspiratorial beginnings, along its irritating wrong turns, to its final gratifying destination.<br>_________________________________________________<br><br>'A lovingly observed testament to the complexities and profundities of female friendship' <b>Elizabeth Day</b><br><br>'Nina Stibbe is not just very funny but absolutely life-affirming' <b>Jenny Colgan</b><br><br>'Stibbe writes some of the best-turned comic sentences in contemporary writing. Like Susan, she makes it look easier than it must be' <i><b>Sunday Times</b></i><br><br>'Nina Stibbe is one of our funniest novelists - it's time to take her seriously' <i><b>Daily Telegraph</b></i><br><br>'Stibbe is one of the all-time greats' <b>Daisy Buchanan</b><br><br>'Clever and funny, it takes a sharp look at the intricacies of marriage, friendship, work and driving. As with all Stibbe's writing there is a pleasingly perfect balance of wisdom with jokes' <b>Cathy Rentzenbrink</b><br><br>'For beautifully funny and well-observed comic writing, Nina Stibbe is your go-to author. In her latest release, a tale of lifelong friendship between Susan and Norma, she explores the mistakes, rivalries and love we all experience in life' <b><i>Stylist</i></b><br><br>'One of the great comic writers of our time'<i> <b>Irish Times</b></i></p>