
Poignant, funny, enchanting, devastating, Sweet Sorrow is a tragicomedy about the rocky path to adulthood and the confusion of family life, a celebration of the reviving power of friendship and that brief, searing explosion of first love that can only be looked at directly after it has burned out. The price of hope, it seems, is Shakespeare. And if the Company sounds like a cult, the truth is even more appalling. 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. Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope.

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. The tale of Charlie and Fran will linger long beyond your tan.’ TelegraphOne life-changing summerCharlie meets Fran… In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don’t remember in the school photograph. Please call Quaytickets on 08 or email with your phone no and booking request between 9am – 5pm to book disabled access and carer goes free tickets.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘That most rare and coveted of literary feats: a popular novel of serious merit, a bestseller that will also endure.’ Observer’Triumph … the sense of nostalgia is visceral and intense, almost time-bending.’ The Sunday Times ‘Pitch perfect …Įxquisite … Terrific … Very funny … Though Sweet Sorrow is certainly pulse-quickening enough to absorb readers through this summer’s airport delays and rained-off beach days, it’s no escapist fantasy. Hosted by Alex Clark, and presented in partnership with the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester.Ĭarer goes free tickets are available for disabled access customers for this event. Why he writes about love, friendship and relationships, the art of balancing comedy, drama and tragedy, and adapting for film and television (including the BAFTA-winning Patrick Melrose). But Charlie also has to grapple with his parent’s divorce, his dad’s depression and what sort of person he wants to be.Īn award-winning British novelist ( One Day) and scriptwriter ( Far From the Madding Crowd), David will discuss his work for the page and screen. Remember the summer you left school and fell in love for the first time? Charlie Lewis, the protagonist of David Nicholls’ excellent new novel Sweet Sorrow, does.


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