Love Your Life: A Novel

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher, an utterly delightful novel about a woman who ditches her dating app for a writers retreat in Italyonly to find that real love comes with its own filters Sophie Kinsella keeps her finger on the cultural pulse, while leaving me giddy with laughter.Jojo Moyes, author of The Giver of Stars and The Last Letter from Your Lover Call Ava romantic, but she thinks love should be found in the real world, not on apps that filter men by height, job, or astrological sign. She believes in feelings, not algorithms. So after a recent breakup and dating app debacle, she decides to put love on hold and escapes to a remote writers retreat in coastal Italy. Shes determined to finish writing the novel shes been fantasizing about, even though it means leaving her close-knit group of friends and her precious dog, Harold, behind. At the retreat, shes not allowed to use her real name or reveal any personal information. When the neighboring martial arts retreat is canceled and a few of its attendees join their small writing community, Ava, now going by Aria, meets Dutch, a man who seems too good to be true. The two embark on a baggage-free, whirlwind love affair, cliff-jumping into gem-colored Mediterranean waters and exploring the splendor of the Italian coast. Things seem to be perfect for Aria and Dutch. But then their real identitiesAva and Mattmust return to London. As their fantasy starts to fade, they discover just how different their personal worlds are. From food choices to annoying habits to sauna etiquette . . . are they compatible in anything? And then theres the prickly situation with Matts ex-girlfriend, who isnt too eager to let him go. As one mishap follows another, it seems while they love each other, they just cant love each others lives. Can they reconcile their differences to find one life together?