On the car journey to a family wedding, Garance reflects on how adult life, with its disappointments and responsibilities, has not always gone to plan for herself or her three siblings.

Told with wit, warmth, and brilliant characterization, a novel about passing time and the highs and lows of family life.

Fantastic visual portraits' Independent 'It's like Ferris Bueller's Day Off played out in the French sticks' Independent 'Gavalda's talent for writing and her gift for dialogue make reading her work a delight' World Literature Today 'Gavalda sees through ordinary appearances to people's hidden longings - A gifted literary stylist.' Vogue 'Witty ? startlingly contemporary' (4 stars) Book Diva 'Anna Gavalda has written a story about a topic that troubles a lot of people who see people around them settling down, but aren't really ready for that yet.' Librarian Lavander blog The 5th Bestselling French Novel of 2010