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TWO FRIENDS. TEN SUMMER TRIPS. 
THEIR LAST CHANCE TO FALL IN LOVE. 
 
12 SUMMERS AGO: Poppy and Alex meet. They hate each other, and are pretty confident they'll never speak again. 
 
11 SUMMERS AGO: They're forced to share a ride home from college and by the end of it a friendship is formed. And a pact: every year, one vacation together. 
 
10 SUMMERS AGO: Alex discovers his fear of flying on the way to Vancouver. 
Poppy holds his hand the whole way. 
 
7 SUMMERS AGO: They get far too drunk and narrowly avoid getting matching tattoos in New Orleans. 
 
2 SUMMERS AGO: It all goes wrong. 
 
THIS SUMMER: Poppy asks Alex to join her on one last trip. A trip that will determine the rest of their lives.

SET TO BE A MAJOR MOVIE STARRING EMILY BADER AND TOM BLYTH! 
 
Two friends. Ten trips. Their last chance to fall in love... 
 
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'One of my favourite authors' Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us 
'A gorgeous romance' Beth O'Leary, The No-Show 
'Loveable characters, hilarious wit and steamy sexual chemistry' Laura Jane Williams, Our Stop 
 
*Also known as People We Meet On Vacation* 
 
12 YEARS AGO: Poppy and Alex meet. They hate each other, and are pretty confident they'll never speak again. 
 
11 YEARS AGO: They're forced to share a ride home from college and by the end of it a friendship is formed. And a pact: every year, one vacation together. 
 
10 YEARS AGO: Alex discovers his fear of flying on the way to Vancouver. 
Poppy holds his hand the whole way. 
 
7 YEARS AGO: They get far too drunk and narrowly avoid getting matching tattoos in New Orleans. 
 
2 YEARS AGO: It all goes wrong. 
 
THIS YEAR: Poppy asks Alex to join her on one last trip. A trip that will determine the rest of their lives. 
 
You and Me on Vacation is a New York Times bestselling love story for fans of When Harry Met Sally, One Day and Casey McQuiston. Get ready to travel the world, snort with laughter and - most of all - lose your heart to Poppy and Alex. 
 
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'Our generation's answer to Nora Ephron' Sophie Cousens, This Time Next Year 
 
'So warm and funny' Paige Toon, The Minute I Saw You 
 
'The hottest book of the summer - the pages simply sizzle!' Josie Silver, One Night on the Island 
 
'Emily Henry is my newest automatic-buy author . . . a heartfelt, funny, tender escape that you wish could last forever' Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here 
 
'A compulsively readable book full of sparkling wit, dazzling prose and a romance that grabbed me by the heart and wouldn't let me go' Abby Jiminez, Part of Your World 
 
'Funny, and seriously sizzling' BEST 
 
'If whipcrack banter and sexual tension is your catnip, you'll adore this book' Sally Thorne, The Hating Game 
 
'What an absolute flipping triumph of a novel!!! I LOVED it ' Emma Cooper, It Was Always You 
 
 
Emily Henry, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024

Emily Henry is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the butterfly-inducing romantic comedies Beach Read, You and Me on Vacation, Book Lovers, Happy Place and Funny Story. She studied creative writing at Hope College and now lives and writes in the American Midwest. Great Big Beautiful Life is her sixth novel.

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