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Josie Silver
Josie Silver is the author of the heartwarming bestseller One Day in December. She writes stories that feel like a warm hug, perfect for anyone who loves a good dose of romance and a touch of fate.
One Day in December
Synopsis
On a freezing December evening, Laurie is on a crowded bus home when she looks out the window and locks eyes with a man at a bus stop. In that single suspended moment she feels a connection so powerful she is sure he is the one—and then the bus pulls away before either can move. For a year she scans every crowd for him, half-convinced fate will bring them together again.
When she finally meets him, it is not the reunion she dreamed of: he is Jack, the new boyfriend of Sarah, her best friend and flatmate. What follows is a decade of near misses, bad timing, friendship, longing, and the choices people make to protect the ones they love.
Josie Silver's warm, bittersweet debut is a love story told across ten years and many Decembers—about fate and free will, the friends who become family, and whether the right person at the wrong time can ever become the right time too.
Genres
Characters
Laurie JamesProtagonist
Spends a year searching London for the stranger she locked eyes with through a bus window, then finds he is her best friend Sarah's new boyfriend, Jack — kicking off a decade of near-misses between them.
Jack O'MaraProtagonist
The man Laurie glimpsed at a bus stop one December evening; he turns out to be Sarah's new boyfriend, and the novel follows his and Laurie's tangled path toward each other over the following decade.
Sarah (One Day in December)Supporting
Laurie's best friend and flatmate; her Christmas-party introduction of her new boyfriend reveals him as the man Laurie has been searching for.
Oscar (One Day in December)Supporting
A London banker Laurie meets while traveling in Thailand; their relationship becomes her attempt to move on from Jack.
Frequently asked questions
Is One Day in December being made into a movie or TV show?
Yes. Netflix is developing One Day in December as a television series, with Lucy Boynton attached to star and Drake Doremus set to direct.
Why do some editions of One Day in December say "Reese's Book Club" on the cover?
Reese Witherspoon selected One Day in December as her Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine pick for December 2018, and later printings carry that branding on the cover.
Is One Day in December part of a series?
No. One Day in December is a standalone novel — it has no sequel, and Josie Silver's other novels (including The Two Lives of Lydia Bird) are unrelated standalones.