Okay Days By Jenny Mustard

‘A perfect Millennial love story … with its acidic dialogue and languid sex scenes. A charming and clever romance, a perfect summer read’ – Irish Times

‘Utterly immersive … it’s reminiscent of Sally Rooney and is a complex and joyous ode to being in love, messing up and finding your way’ – Stylist

Sam is 28, Swedish, carefree and chaotic. Doing a work placement in London over the course of three sticky summer months, she falls hard for Lucas, a man she first met as a teenager. Lucas, 27, sensitive and calm, is trying to get a start on adult life while struggling to hold the pieces of his life together. Sam is a gorgeous distraction. But you can only avoid reality for so long, and both Sam and Lucas know their relationship can’t last. Nobody can be this happy forever, surely?

Okay Days tells the story of the rise and fall of Sam and Lucas’s affection for each other, looks unflinchingly at male body dysmorphia and women’s reproductive rights, and the pitfalls of modern love. When is okay good enough? And what are we willing to lose in the search for a life that is much better than just okay?

‘A beautifully-observed portrait of self-discovery and uncertain love. Jenny’s sharp and evocative prose gave me a feeling of immense nostalgia for London’s long summer days’ – Natasha Brown, author of Assembly

‘Fresh and sharply observant … One of the most intriguing books I’ve read in some time’ – Elaine Feeney, author of How To Build A Boat

‘Tender and spellbinding, Okay Days breaks you all the way open’ – Annie Lord, author of Notes on Heartbreak

‘An intimate drama of what matters in stories: relationships. Mustard is a talented portraitist in whose hands these two characters become real, enthralling, and viscerally realized. It is one of the most entertaining novels I have read of the times we live in’ – Chigozie Obioma, author of The Fishermen