You Had Me At Hello

Name: You Had Me At Hello
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Mhairi McFarlane
ISBN: 9780008749439

Author: Mhairi McFarlane

Narrator: Julie Hesmondhalgh

Unabridged: 10 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Avon

Published: 07/01/2025

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Humorous, Family Life, Women, Friendship

Synopsis

What happens when the one that got away comes back? Find out in this sparkling comedy from #1 bestseller Mhairi McFarlane ‘Think of the great duos of history. We're just like them.’ ‘You mean like Kylie and Jason? Torvill and Dean? Sonny and Cher?’ ‘I think you’ve missed the point, Rachel.’ Rachel and Ben. Ben and Rachel. It was them against the world. Until it all fell apart. It’s been a decade since they last spoke, but when Rachel bumps into Ben one rainy day, the years melt away. They’d been partners in crime and the best of friends. But life has moved on: Ben is married. Rachel is not. Yet in that split second, Rachel feels the old friendship return. And along with it, the broken heart she’s never been able to mend. Hilarious, heartbreaking and everything in between, you’ll be hooked from their first ‘hello’. ‘Very very witty and funny. Left me in awe … a total gem’ ‘The funniest, most romantic book I've read since ’

About Mhairi McFarlane

Sunday Times bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane was born in Scotland, and her unnecessarily confusing name is pronounced Vah-Ree. After some efforts at journalism, she started writing fiction and her first book, You Had Me At Hello, was an instant success. She's now written ten novels, and she lives in Nottingham with a man and a cat.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan's Reviews on June 18, 2021

THE TIMING WAS NEVER RIGHT... UNTIL IT WAS!!! What a deliciously tangled tale of missed opportunities and miscommunication!! I didn't want this one to end - and lucky me, there is a novella (After Hello) that carries on after that spectacular ending! What a fabulous debut novel for Mhairi McFarlane!......more

Goodreads review by Bethan on December 03, 2012

I have no idea how this is rated so highly on Goodreads: a main character I wanted to slap into next week, and a cast of one dimensional supporting characters which add nothing at all to the plot. Add to this obscure references about Manchester, and "You had me at hello" quickly turned into "I can't......more

Goodreads review by Namratha on July 07, 2014

Mhairi McFarlane, THANK YOU. And also: You, with your stellar writing and biting wit and pitch-perfect characterizations, have infused new life into the world of chicklet/ rom-coms. SYNOPSIS: Ben and Rachel met in university and hit it off immediately. They were young and idealistic and sharp as a pair......more

Goodreads review by Kylie🐾 on December 30, 2017

I really love this book, sure I hated Olivia and Simon but screw them because I loved Rachel, Mindy, Caroline an Ivon (the last theee are the greatest friends I will tell you). At firs I struggled to get into the book. Considering that I brought it (from a charity shop, don’t judge even books need a......more

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‘Very very witty and funny. Left me in awe … a total gem’ Marian Keyes

‘The funniest, most romantic book I've read since ’ Lisa Jewell

‘I loved this book. It made me laugh and reminded me that anything's possible in love – and in everything else for that matter’ Minnie Driver

‘I loved this: an original, genuinely funny, genuinely moving, modern love story’ Katy Regan

‘Mhairi is darkly funny and quite, quite rude … is a breath of tart, Northern air’ Sarra Manning

‘Bitingly sharp and achingly funny … guaranteed to have you bent double. I absolutely loved it!’ Claudia Carroll