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One Day in December
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Eleanor Tomlinson, Charlie Anson
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Number-one New York Times best-seller.
A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick. “Get ready to be swept up in a whirlwind romance. It absolutely charmed me.” (Reese Witherspoon)
“Josie Silver writes with a warmth so palpable her characters sneak their way into your heart and stay for a long time.” (Jill Santopolo, New York Times best-selling author of The Light We Lost, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick)
Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story.
Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away.
Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesn't find him, not when it matters anyway. Instead they "reunite" at a Christmas party, when her best friend, Sarah, giddily introduces her new boyfriend to Laurie. It's Jack, the man from the bus. It would be.
What follows for Laurie, Sarah, and Jack is 10 years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming, and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness.
What the critics say
“Consider setting aside some time and prepare to be charmed as author Josie Silver takes readers on a captivating journey - where female friendship is as important as romantic love.... One Day in December is an unmistakable winner.” (USA Today)
“One Day in December is the sweetest love story. It’s gorgeous, absolutely lovely. Readers are going to love it.” (Marian Keyes)
"A must-read. In Josie Silver’s charming rom-com, Laurie experiences love at first sight through her bus window...then the car pulls away.... What follows is a decade of heartache, betrayal, and destiny.” (US Weekly)
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-04-03
I’m screaming !
I listen to audible on the bus ride to and from work. This book is so funny that I find myself laughing on the bus and screaming the F*** for every twist and turns. I got so into this book that I sheared a tear in the end because how good it was. I know lame but yeah. Worth the 1 credit each month.
3 people found this helpful
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- Kaitlynn Jensen
- 2018-12-24
Very good
loved her accent, was really feeling for the characters! very surprising turn of events. love it
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- m
- 2020-12-21
Don’t do it!
The male man character is always angry, abrasive and crude.
The 2 female characters are juvenile whiners. Really painful.
Might be ok if your 15 years old.
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- Trudy L Keil
- 2019-05-09
Easy, enjoyable listen.
Overall, I enjoyed this book. It was a bit prolonged but mostly because of some unexpected twists along the way which I guess is what made it decent listen. I enjoyed the use of a female and male narrator as I think that made a huge impact on the story and it's possible that the audible version is better than the actual book.
1 person found this helpful
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- Cat
- 2019-02-01
My brain and ears are bleeding...
Waste of time. Such a sappy overly-dragged love story. I am 20 years older than when I started this book. No substance, no characters, no story.. just cliches ever pursuing some sort of twist. And it’s stereotyping women as weak and men as neanderthal pigs. Not worth the money!
5 people found this helpful
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- Julie
- 2018-12-30
3.5 stars
person reading the book did an awesome job. the story was alright. may read more from this author.
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- Christa Unruh
- 2022-04-12
Reluctant 5 stars
Honestly I kind of hated this book. It was so well written, and the character development was great, it was a good book. I just wasn’t expecting the struggle, I thought this was a romcom but it’s more of a drama. It was hard on my heart for the most part but I’m the end I can only say that it was a well written story and for that it I gave it 5 stars
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- Ali R
- 2022-02-16
A sweet little romantic tale
I am surprised this isn’t a rom com yet. It is so sweet and wholesome.
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- Jkwirring
- 2022-02-02
Narrators take you into the story
Absolutely amazing narrators. The story did take me a couple of chapters to get into, but then you're hooked. such a great read
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- Amazon customer
- 2022-01-25
Loved it!
Loved it! Too bad they took so long to get together, but it held my attention the whole time. I caught myself smiling and laughing out loud through parts of it. Very well narrated.
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- Cheryl
- 2019-05-24
I am no longer following Reese’s book club recommendations
This is the second book I listened to off Reese Witherspoon’s book club and it was disappointing. The story was predictable. The character Laurie was an adult equivalent of Bella in Twilight. She is nothing special yet everyone falls all over her! The author gave no explanation to why Laurie was so great. She sounds boring to me. In fact all the characters were boring and I could care less what happened to them. Also every character was too perfect and too pretty or handsome.
I know it’s probably not a popular opinion either but I didn’t like the narrators. Their voices seemed a little too posh for the characters. The woman’s voice got on my nerves because she sounded like she was laughing at everything. The man’s voice was strangely too deep.
Reese’s book club has had some really big duds for me. I will think twice before I take her recommendations again.
75 people found this helpful
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- Kari J Burrows
- 2018-12-14
Disappointed
From the over the top accent to the fake crying. I hung in and finished but barely. It was a good listen at bed time. It put me right to sleep. Tried to hard, felt self righteous at times and the good girl fell for and tormented herself for the bad guy who really didn’t have much to offer. I just didn’t get the recommendation.
64 people found this helpful
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- Victoria Bragg
- 2018-12-17
Very Scattered
This was not for me... A very scattered story...
I didn't love any of the characters...
The reader was annoying
44 people found this helpful
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- Ellen Zelda
- 2018-12-15
What am I missing?
This is one of the worst books I've listened to this year (if not the worst). I am not going to finish it because it's a serious waste of time.
If you read the overview of the book, you've read the book. The main character just jabbers and jabbers on about trying to find the guy, finding the guy, obsessing over the guy etc. It's like a long stream of thought about one subject.
54 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-12-09
Ehhh
I love romantic comedies. This was just desperate and unrealistic and I didn’t even like the characters.
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- D. Fields
- 2018-12-01
It's Not Romantic, Not Joyous, and Not for Me
I realize that I am in the minority regarding this book. But I am compelled to let others know that the description of this book as joyous, romantic, and heartwarming is very inaccurate and misleading. (Warning: spoiler alert).
First, there are endless descriptions of binge drinking, of being drunk, or hangovers, of vomiting from too much alcohol. There is random casual sex. There are curse words galore. All of this strikes me as being immature both for the characters and for the writer. Second, the premise is not matched by the characters' actions. The idea is that the romantic leads feel such an instant and powerful connection and that this is supposed to be one of the great soulful loves of all time. But gee, the main hero keeps having sex with his girlfriend...oh, right, so she wouldn't be hurt. Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but that seems neither joyous nor romantic.
There is so much pain that the characters have to go through...divorce, loss of friendship, depression, anxiety, and job loss...that I found the story quite depressing, actually. Ten hours honestly felt like twenty. A more accurate description would be that this is a growing up story. It is much more about young adults going through life changes as they graduate from university, start work, move away from home, get married, etc. than it is a romance. The book lacks charm.
Although the end was satisfying in a "Bridget Jones" kind of way, by that time I was heartily sick of the characters and their problems. The book definitely could have been better. But also, if it were not promoted as a romantic and heartwarming holiday love story, my expectations wouldn't have been so off, and I would not have chosen this book at all.
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- Terra
- 2018-12-16
Don’t do it!
The main character cried in every chapter. Definitely returning this one.
Performance was good though.
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- Brigitte Witulski
- 2018-12-17
This is the first book I ever returned!
The story was awful! It was too painful to finish. Not only was the story boring but the performances we're dry and boring
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- Xkoqueen
- 2019-08-15
Loved, loved, loved this book!
One Day in December is an amazing and gripping story of friendship, family, and love that spans ten years. Once I started this book, I couldn’t put down this story about twenty-somethings, Laurie, Jack and Sarah, facing all the life threw at them.
The story is told in dual POV from Laurie and Jack’s perspectives (mostly Laurie’s). Sarah’s character development and story is learned only through the eyes of the narrators. I loved the story layout with chapters starting with the date (diary style) to denote the passage of time. Additionally, I thought it a nice touch to add Laurie’s annual New Year Resolutions as a way to note a new year and the changes in her life. The tension and angst run high throughout this entire book. My stomach was in knots over love found, destiny thwarted, and roads untaken.
I adored Sarah; she is kind, enthusiastic and caring despite the fact that her good looks, charm and obvious luck could have made her into a self-centered princess. Readers sense that Sarah is a good person and a fabulously loyal friend through Laurie’s love and devotion to her best friend.
I vacillate between thinking Jack is lovable, loyal and trying to do the right thing to thinking of him as a jerk. I know his post-Sarah girlfriends are just placeholders because he lost his girl and the woman he wanted to be his girl. I don’t know if my feelings about this character are due to his lack of acknowledgment of Laurie or that he comes off as a bit of a player at times.
I saved the best for last. Laurie is a delight. My heart was with her for every twist and turn her life took. I adored this charming character who loves hard, idolizes her flat-mate, and denies herself to ensure her best friend’s happiness. While traveling in the south Pacific, she meets a handsome fellow Brit who catches her eye and her heart. I melted when he called her his “starfish girl”. When Laurie and Oscar eventually return to real life back in London, the dreamy perfection of their vacation-love shifts slightly. I loved and hated this relationship. I wish I could rant and rave about the details, but that would spoil the read.
While there are plenty of romantic relationships throughout One Day in December, this book felt more like contemporary fiction. For those who shun ‘women’s literature” and “contemporary fiction”, don’t let that description deter you from reading this book! Readers follow Laurie, Sarah and Jack as they deal with the ups and downs of adult life—bad dates, dreamy boyfriends, death and betrayal. The three muddle through and eventually find their destiny.
A great read for fans of Sleepless in Seattle and any John Hughes film. The perfect, misty-eye ending had me holding my breath to the last word.
Fantastically narrated by Eleanor Tomlinson, Charlie Anson.
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- 2018-11-15
Crass and Ridiculous
Main character falls in love simply looking at some guy through the window of a bus -- but what an AMAZING connection she knows they have!! Good grief. Even worse than the premise, which wouldn't bother me in a breezy chick lit airplane read, is the language -- heavily laced with profanity. Had to stop listening. Unsure why other reviews liked the narrators, whom I thought lackluster.
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