The A to Z of You and Me

Hannah writes with emotional acuity. Warm, wry, thoughtful and devastating in places, this is a life-enhancing missive from death's door. * The Sunday Times * Wonderful and heartbreaking. * CLAIRE FULLER, Desmond Elliott Prize winner 2015 * Spare, poignant and with a quirky charm all of its own, it reminds us how kind people can be * RACHEL JOYCE * 'David Nicholls' school of commercial fiction. An accomplished piece of fiction, both entertaining and thought-provoking * alifeinbooks.co.uk * Take Trainspotting, cut out the swearing, and add a filter of nuanced meditations on love: welcome to The A to Z of You and Me. I absolutely loved this book. * sarahjasmon.com * This book has moved me and it has changed me, and isn't that what it is all about? It is only March and I don't know if anything will top this one this year for me. Essential reading. * reflectionsofareader.blogspot.co.uk * I was completely sucked into this book and flew through the pages. I loved it. * www.cosybooks.com * The story is sad, yet it is uplifting. The characters are flawed, yet human. I was very impressed by this novel. It is a delight to read and to recommend to others. * randomthingsthroughmyletterbox.blogspot.co.uk * This is a really engrossing, interesting read and a book I just couldn't put down. * tealadymumbles.co.uk * This book broke my heart. * handwrittengirl.com * Sad and funny in equal measure but also quite uplifting about the power of the human spirit. An author who I am sure will continue to go from strength to strength. * @jaffareadstoo * Wonderfully well written and hard to believe this is James Hannah's debut novel. Very early on I felt this was going to be a book I loved and I was right. * bakeysbookblog.blogspot.co.uk * So beautiful ... a stunning, unique debut * @caroline_Smailes * What a book! I am heartbroken. * @BookGeekWearsPajamas * Funny and sweet, whilst also being heartbreaking and thoroughly real throughout. * TheBookBag.co.uk * Beautifully constructed and hugely moving. Deserves to be a smash hit. * LISSA EVANS, author of Crooked Heart * I loved The A-Z of You and Me. James Hannah has an unerring eye for the tiniest detail within the biggest picture. This wry and tender love story is powerful, lyrical and moving' * Catherine O'Flynn, author of Costa prize-winning WHAT WAS LOST * As The A to Z of You and Me drew to a close (with me sobbing), I thought about how kind people can be. How hard, beautiful and frustrating life is. And how we should make the effort to engage with it fully. It is, after all, fleeting at best. * Stylist * It is wonderfully well written and hard to believe this is James Hannah's debut novel. Very early on I felt this was going to be a book I loved and I was right. -- @sambakey An engagingly light touch, shot through with humour * The Daily Mail * Hannah's debut is told on the deathbed of 40-year-old Ivo as he looks back on his life in the confidence of his nurse Sheila and the love of his life, Mia. Expect tears. * Grazia * Genuinely one of the best books I've ever read. * LISA JEWELL * An affecting debut. Hannah proves himself a worthy inheritor of the lip-trembling English tradition. * Guardian * There's an elegance to Hannah's prose, and a compassion in the way he handles his subject matter that's rare to find in a debut. * Independent * Wonderfully quirky and contemporary. Hannah's writing has the accomplished feel of a far more experienced novelist. * Observer * Absolutely bloody heartrending. Hannah's eccentric style is never mawkish and often wonderfully funny -- Kate Saunders * The Times *