Lotte Jeffs

'A queer One Day for a new generation' GraziaFind yourself in this sweeping tale of queer friendship and chosen families that will keep you laughing, crying and endlessly turning the page.When Mae and Ari meet outside a Leeds gay club in their final year of university, their connection is magnetic. Mae, whilst stubborn and no stranger to breaking hearts, needs Ari's bright light to guide her out of her self-centred ways; Ari, vibrant, charming and reeling in the aftermath of a scandal in New York, clings to Mae as his grounding anchor. As the years sweep by, the two traverse the tumult of hotshot jobs and toxic partners, the fallout of long-hidden secrets and the heavy weight of grief. If they can hold onto one another in the face of the relentless past and the inevitable future, they might discover how to build something beautiful out of their expansive, boundary-breaking love.Spanning ten years of extraordinary friendship, This Love is a vivid and epic tale of finding your soulmates, building a family, and the limitless, ever-changing forms love can take.'Astute, tender and utterly joy-filled.