P.S. I Love You
Cecelia Ahern, 2004
A young widow follows the letters her husband hid before he died, each one a small dare that pulls her back toward the living. A warm, plain-spoken story of grief and small dares, with witty moments and a hopeful pull toward ordinary life.
Feels like tenderness, hope and wonder. About love.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you enjoy tender contemporary romance built around letters and a slow return to living. The grief stays close to the surface throughout, so it may not suit you if stories about losing a partner feel too raw right now.
Why read it
It offers a gentle, witty look at how small instructions from someone gone can nudge you back into the world.
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The difference between being loved and being known.
Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an even better feeling. A soul mate is someone who understands you like no other, loves you like no other, will be there for you forever, no matter what. They say that nothing lasts forever, but I am a firm believer in the fact that for some, love lives on even after we’re gone. Cecelia Ahern.Cecelia Ahern is the daughter of Bertie Ahern, Ireland's taoiseach from 1997 to 2008; she wrote this debut in her early twenties.
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Questions readers ask
- Is P.S. I Love You for me?
- You may like it if you enjoy tender contemporary romance built around letters and a slow return to living. The grief stays close to the surface throughout, so it may not suit you if stories about losing a partner feel too raw right now.
- What is P.S. I Love You like?
- A warm, plain-spoken story of grief and small dares, with witty moments and a hopeful pull toward ordinary life. Feels like tenderness, hope and wonder. About love.
- What should I read after P.S. I Love You?
- If you liked P.S. I Love You, try The Happy Ever After Playlist (Abby Jimenez), The Dead Romantics (Ashley Poston) and To Sir Phillip, With Love (Julia Quinn).
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HOW IT SOUNDS WHEN A MAN ADMITS LOVE SONGS GOT IT WRONG
You think you know what love looks like. You think the fairy tales and the romantic movies prepare you. And then you finally, really truly find it and you realize you never knew a thing about it until her.” He shook his head. “She was every love song I’ve never been good enough to write.
The Happy Ever After Playlist · Abby Jimenez
The case for ghost stories as love stories with bad timing.
Because ghost stories were just love stories about here and then and now and when, about pockets of happiness and moments that resonated in places long after their era. They were stories that taught you that love was never a matter of time, but a matter of timing.
The Dead Romantics · Ashley Poston
What if the thing you apologise for is the thing someone loves most?
I always loved everything about you, of course, but for some reason I always found your impatience especially charming. It was never because you wanted more, it was because you wanted everything.
To Sir Phillip, With Love · Julia Quinn
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