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He is Dexter Mayhew, tall, dark, and (she can't deny it) handsome. She is Emma Morley, bottled red hair, wilfully badly dressed, all principles and no action. Could this be the dawn of the rest of their lives? Or are Dex and Em living proof that - despite an unlikely beginning - men and women really can be just good friends?

Douglas Petersen’s family is on the brink of dissolution. His marriage of twenty-one years to Connie is almost over. When autumn comes around, their son Albie will leave for college. Connie has decided to leave soon after. But before everything falls apart, there's still the summer holidays to get through - a Grand Tour of Europe's major cities - and over the course of the journey, Douglas devises a plan to win back the love of his wife and repair his troubled relationship with his son.

In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. Hardborough becomes a battleground. Florence has tried to change the way things have always been done, and as a result she has to take on not only the people who have made themselves important but natural and even supernatural forces, too. Her fate will strike a chord with anyone who knows that life has treated them with less than justice.

Marnie is stuck. Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that increasingly feels like it's passing her by. Michael is coming undone. Reeling from his wife's departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells. When a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship. But can it survive the journey?

Brian has arrived at university with a stronger desire than the acquisition of knowledge: he's going to be a star of TV's hottest quiz, University Challenge. But his progress on 'The Challenge' is somewhat stymied by his growing desire for the beguiling Alice Harbison, struggling to make her mark as an actress. And as obstacles impede their affair, Brian becomes more and more convinced that only overwhelming success on the quiz show will win her.

Wie lange braucht man, um die große Liebe zu erkennen? Emma und Dexter verbringen eine Nacht miteinander, der 15. Juli wird für sie beide immer etwas Besonderes sein. Schon am nächsten Tag trennen sich ihre Wege. Über zwanzig Jahre lang denken sie am 15. Juli an den anderen, sie treffen sich oder sie verpassen einander knapp.

In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread. Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope. But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person.

On n'oublie jamais son premier amour... Été 97. Les frères Gallagher chantent toujours ensemble, Lady Di vit ses derniers jours et Charlie Lewis, 16 ans, vient de finir ses années lycée. Le temps s'étire lentement entre la miteuse station-service où il officie quelques heures par semaine, ses balades à vélo dans la campagne et ses soirées avec son paternel dépressif. Mais une rencontre va tout changer. Fran Fisher, une beauté céleste, incandescente ; une tornade d'énergie et de charisme, qu'il croise un beau jour, au beau milieu d'un champ où il lit distraitement.

Met zijn kenmerkende mix van humor en oprechte emotie schetst Nicholls een zeer herkenbaar portret van een tiener en zijn eerste grote liefde. Charlie Lewis is het soort jongen dat je je niet kunt herinneren als je hem op de schoolfoto ziet staan. In de klas is hij geen uitblinker en thuis gaat al zijn aandacht naar de zorg voor zijn werkloze vader. Terwijl zijn klasgenoten reikhalzend uitkijken naar de aankomende zomer, ziet Charlie niets dan donkere wolken aan de horizon. Dan komt de intrigerende Fran Fisher in zijn leven en krijgt Charlie voor het eerst in tijden weer hoop.

Lydbogen handler om Emma og Dexter, som i filmen er spillet af de kendte stjerner Anne Hathaway og Jim Sturgess, hvis liv vi følger én dag om året altid den 15. juli, fra de vågner op sammen efter deres dimissionsfest. "Jeg kan godt forestille mig dig som fyrreårig," sagde hun lidt ondskabsfuldt. "Faktisk kan jeg se det for mig lige nu" Han smilede uden at åbne øjnene. "Fortæl mig om det."

Eines Nachts verkündet Connie ihrem Ehemann Douglas, dass nun, nach über zwanzig Jahren glücklicher Ehe, der ideale Zeitpunkt für eine Trennung und einen Neuanfang gekommen sei - jetzt, wo auch ihr Sohn bald ausziehe. Doch der bereits geplanten gemeinsamen Grand Tour durch bedeutende Städte Europas - Paris, Amsterdam, München, Venedig, Florenz, Madrid, Barcelona - soll nichts im Wege stehen.

Does your life feel like a dress rehearsal? Do you long to enter the limelight and steal the show? But what do you do when you're playing second fiddle to an arrogant actor who barely knows your name? And, more importantly, what do you do when you find yourself falling in love with his wife?

Douglas Petersen wordt midden in de nacht door zijn vrouw Connie gewekt met het bericht dat ze hem wil verlaten. Hun zoon Albie gaat na de zomer het huis uit om te studeren en zij vindt dat het de hoogste tijd is om te scheiden, nu hun ouderlijke taak erop zit. Douglas houdt van zijn vrouw en het vooruitzicht van een leven alleen jaagt hem angst aan. Maar hij heeft nog een kans. Er staat nog een familievakantie gepland, een Europese rondreis langs steden als Parijs, Barcelona en Amsterdam.

Manches im Leben strahlt so hell, dass es erst aus der Entfernung wirklich gesehen werden kann. Die erste große Liebe ist so eine Sache, die immer noch leuchtet, auch wenn sie längst verglüht ist. Und jeder ist der Hauptdarsteller seiner ersten Liebesgeschichte. Auch Charlie Lewis. Nichts an ihm ist ansonsten besonders. Er sieht ok aus, seine Noten sind so mittel, selbst die Scheidung seiner Eltern ist nur normal unglücklich. Dann begegnet er Fran Fisher, und seine Welt steht Kopf.

É 1997 e Charles Lewis passa os dias quentes das férias andando de bicicleta pela cidade. Às vezes ele também lê. Não há nada mais para fazer quando se está afastado dos amigos, a família está caindo aos pedaços e não se tem ideia de qual será o próximo passo. Mas os dias tediosos e vazios de Charlie estão prestes a ter fim. Ao se deparar com uma companhia de teatro ensaiando Romeu e Julieta, sua primeira reação é fugir, mas ele talvez tenha encontrado um bom motivo para ficar: Julieta.

Certa noite, Douglas Petersen, um bioquímico de 54 anos apaixonado pela profissão, por organização e limpeza, é acordado por Connie, sua esposa há 25 anos, e ela lhe diz que quer o divórcio. O momento não poderia ser pior. Com o objetivo de estimular os talentos artísticos do filho, Albie, que acabou de entrar para a faculdade de fotografia, Connie planejou uma viagem de um mês pela Europa, uma chance de conhecerem em família as grandes obras de arte do continente. 

Dexter Mayhew e Emma Morley se conheceram em 1988. Ambos sabem que no dia seguinte, após a formatura na universidade, deverão trilhar caminhos diferentes. Mas, depois de apenas um dia juntos, não conseguem parar de pensar um no outro. Os anos se passam e Dex e Em levam vidas isoladas—vidas muito diferentes daquelas que eles sonhavam ter. Porém, incapazes de esquecer o sentimento muito especial que os arrebatou naquela primeira noite, surge uma extraordinária relação entre os dois.