'Seriously wise, seriously wonderful, seriously comic - your life will be richer for it' Katherine HeinyGuido and Vicent - third cousins and best friends - spend their time lolling around and wondering who they will marry. Then, one wet Sunday afternoon in a museum, Gudio meets Holly.Precise about everything, Holly knows what she likes: pressed sheets, tea on a tray - and now, Guido. Soon after, Vincent falls for his misanthropic new colleague, Misty.She seems completely uninterested in love, until she agrees to go to dinner with Vincent. This exquisitely well-written and much-beloved novel follows the two couples through courtship, arguments, wedding plans and other perils, as they find a way to be happy (almost) all the time. A W&N Essential with an introduction from Katherine Heiny