The Summer of Impossible Things: An uplifting, emotional story as seen on ITV in the Zoe Ball Book Club - Hardcover

Rowan Coleman lives with her husband and their five children in a very full house in Hertfordshire. She juggles writing novels with raising her family. She really wishes someone would invent time travel. She is the bestselling author of THE MEMORY BOOK, WE ARE ALL MADE OF STARS and the critically acclaimed THE SUMMER OF IMPOSSIBLE THINGS. Find out more about Rowan at www.rowancoleman.co.uk, Facebook or Twitter: @rowancoleman.

"It feels like a long time since I loved a book as much. I was CAPTIVATED! Brilliant, different...charming and moving...I stayed up half the night to finish it" * Marian Keyes * "This epic love story is reminiscent of The Time Traveler's Wife...beautifully written" * Daily Mail * "a lovely, magical, time-bending read...There is a lovely smooth glow to the writing" * Matt Haig * "A tear-jerking, time travelling epic..." * RED MAGAZINE * "An emotional roller coaster that will floor you with its depth and believability" * Fabulous Magazine, The Sun * "hugely inventive and evocative...achingly romantic" * Heat Magazine * "The Time Traveler's Wife meets Sophie's Choice... wonderfully atmospheric... Perfect summer reading, be it on a sunlounger or sofa." * The Pool * "Smartly crafted and sumptuously written" * Sunday Mirror * "exhilarating, thought-provoking novel about family, grief and redemption" -- Fanny Blake * Sunday Express S Magazine * "one of my favourite writers" * Cara Delevingne * "A book that defies reality and makes your heart sing...Rowan Coleman is one of those writers I will follow anywhere. I know however unlikely the story she will never lead me astray." * Katie Fforde * "an irresistible page-turner... the depiction of love seemed the most real" * Stylist Magazine * "Smartly crafted, sumptuously written, a glorious time travelling adventure" * Sunday People * "Spine-tinglingly beautiful. Prepare to lose your heart" * Lisa Jewell * "A truly wonderful and magical story. I absolutely loved it - a gorgeous book." * Milly Johnson * "gorgeous, glowing, heartbreaking and wonderful - Rowan's best novel to date" * Jenny Colgan * "An epic, exhilarating story of bravery and redemption, where love transcends time and the impossible might just happen. Stupendous - I loved it." * Lucy Diamond * "An absolute triumph...loved it. So clever...such a brilliant writer" * Jill Mansell * "magical, wonderful and beautifully written" * Trisha Ashley * "a gorgeous, rapturous novel, intensely atmospheric...a beautiful and heart-wrenching story of a daughter's love for her mother. Like all Rowan's novels, it's life-affirming and shows the best of what humans can be; I felt that the world was a better place when I put it down. As a novel about impossible things, it made me think that anything was possible." * Julie Cohen * "one of those captivating novels that simultaneously puts you under a spell as a reader while making you deeply, deeply envious as a writer! I've always loved Rowan's writing, and it's immediately obvious that this is something magical and new, yet with all her trademark heart." * Lucy Dillon * "Coleman is such a beautiful writer. The Summer of Impossible Things is an emotional, intelligent, beautifully structured novel" * Alex Marwood * "Totally charmed and moved by Rowan Coleman's The Summer of Impossible Things, a girls' own Back to the Future story set in New York" * Amanda Craig * "So clever, warm, affecting - and so refreshing to read of a daughter's love for her mother" * Sarah Vaughan * "Disco, time travel, fierce love in all its forms. The Summer of Impossible Things is a rich and beautifully written novel which swept me away to 1977 and back again" * Katy Regan * "Oh, my heart! I loved this book. It so deftly captures the bond between mother and daughter, the yearning loss after a parent is gone, and, through time slip, the intrigue of finding out what that parent might have been like when young... It was brave and heartbreaking, and kept me on tenterhooks..." * Katie Khan *