Out of Love

'I enjoyed Out of Love hugely! It's vivid, very compelling storytelling' Marian Keyes
'I fell in love with this book. The writing was good enough to make me forget I had a phone, put it that way' Aisling Bea
'Out of Love will fill the gap that Normal People left in our heart . . . Trust us, this is the book of the summer' Evoke
'Wise, compelling and beautifully written' Daily Mail
'What a book . . . Hayes references Nora Ephron throughout and she's a pretty good successor judging from this debut' Stylist
A novel for anyone who has loved and lost, and lived to tell the tale.
As a young woman packs up her ex-boyfriend's belongings and prepares to see him one last time, she wonders where it all went wrong, and whether it was ever right to begin with. Burdened with a broken heart, she asks herself the age-old question . . . is love really worth it?
Out of Love is a bittersweet romance told in reverse. Beginning at the end of a relationship, each chapter takes us further back in time, weaving together an already unravelled tapestry, from tragic break-up to magical first kiss. In this dazzling debut Hazel Hayes performs a post-mortem on love, tenderly but unapologetically exploring every angle, from the heights of joy to the depths of grief, and all the madness and mundanity in between. This is a modern story with the heart of a classic: truthful, tragic and ultimately full of hope.

Hazel Hayes is an Irish-born, London-based writer and director who has until now been writing primarily for the screen. Having graduated from Dublin City University with a degree in Journalism, she went on to study creative writing at The Irish Writers' Centre, before finally honing her craft as a screenwriter. Hazel's eight-part horror series, Prank Me, won the award for Excellence in Storytelling at Buffer Festival in Toronto, and her short film, Dementia, received high praise from master of horror, Guillermo del Toro. When asked why she wanted to make the leap from horror to romance, Hazel said she can think of nothing more horrific than love.
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