Saving Agnes

Saving Agnes, the acclaimed Whitbread First Novel Award winner, is a deftly comic and surprisingly moving tale of growing up and moving on from one of England's smartest and most entertaining young writers.

Chronically confused, terminally middle class, and hopelessly romantic, Agnes Day lives with her two best friends in the London suburbs and works at an obscure trade magazine. Life and love seem to go on without her, but she gives a convincing performance that everything is alright—until ...