May 2019
Beginner
248 pages
4h 19m
English
19th July, 9.48pm. Picture this. My wife and I are sitting on a patio in Majorca. Inland Majorca. Classy. Not Magaluf Majorca. The sun's set and we're winding down after a hard day of winding down.
I like to think of myself as a go-getter, someone who squeezes the maximum out of life. But I also like to be in bed by 9pm. Holidays are different. It's more like 10 or even 10.30. Lou's reading a trashy novel. I look up from my Kindle and ask, ‘Tourette's. Why is it always negative? Why don't they blurt lovely stuff. “I love you!” “You're amazing!” “Gosh, look at that sunset” kind of thing?'
Lou reaches for an olive but doesn't ...
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