Each September, thousands of students walk through the doors of University College and Trinity College, Dublin. This year, Olive and Tom will be among them. Eighteen-year-old Olive is fresh from the country, and her eyes are opened wide by the big-city goings on of her new friends.

The pretty girl you went out with last night has been kidnapped and you're expected to save her. Trouble is; what if saving her from the kidnappers will look like some sort of commitment? This book includes chapters which offer various chances to save the girl, or to give up and run away.

The new novel by beloved bestseller David Nicholls. A story of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home.

The first half of the book is a series of short stories.The overall theme is immigration with characters, usually young women, who feel displaced or out of place. The second half is called Just Memories and contains short memoir pieces that also deal with people in transit. Finally, there are seven poems..