Product Description
Hold Back the Stars
Author: Katie Khan
Format: Paperback
'A bold new talent' — Matt Haig
Ninety minutes.
A few years from now, not too far in the future, two people meet.
It is a classic story of boy meets girl.
Except that it's not.
When we find them, they have an hour and a half left.
Unless they can save themselves, they won't survive.
The clock is ticking.
Bittersweet and life-affirming, Hold Back the Stars is the love story of the year.
Soon to Be a Film Starring John Boyega and Letitia Wright
Praise for Hold Back the Stars:
'The most unique love story I've read in years' — Rowan Coleman
'Prepare to shed tears' — Heat
'Original, surprising and romantic' — Woman & Home
'Full of wonder and heart' — Emma Jane Unsworth
'An incredibly imaginative debut' — Sunday Mirror
About the Author
Katie Khan is a writer from London whose first novel, Hold Back the Stars, was published to great acclaim, translated into twenty-two languages, and is being adapted into a feature film. The Light Between Us is her second novel.
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @katie_khan. katiekhan.com
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