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Wait for Me, Jack

“Spanning 60 years, Jones’s deceptively casual, episodic novel is a warm-hearted dissection of a dysfunctional marriage. . . . Uplifting and astute.” —The Sunday Times

Married in 1952, Jack and Milly meant to live the American Dream—but over six decades, the dream has changed for their country and for them. Wait for Me, Jack takes us from the aches and indignities of old age back to the exhilarating early days of a new relationship. An insightful, funny and, at times, devastating dissection of marriage, exploring what makes people stay together—despite everything.

“A frank, earthy and drily amusing portrait of a marriage.” —The Herald

“Brilliantly observed and often very funny.” —Morag Joss, award-winning author of Half Broken Things

“Uplifting and astute, this book should save marriages.” —Tim Pears, The Sunday Times (A Top Summer Read)

“Most moving novel of the year.” —Andrew Greig, author of John Macnab

Addison Jones

Cynthia Rogerson is a Californian Scottish writer living in the Highlands. Winner of the V.S.Pritchett Prize, she’s published a memoir, five novels and a collection of short stories. I Love You Goodbye was translated into six languages, short-listed for Scottish Novel of the Year, and dramatized for BBC radio. Wait for Me Jack was published in 2017 under Addison Jones. A Sunday Times top summer read, it’s also an audiobook. Her memoir titled Wah! was shortlisted for the Highland Book Prize in 2023. She’s supervised on the Edinburgh University Creative Writing program and holds a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship. www.cynthiarogerson.org

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