Lily King: Writers & Lovers, Picador/UK, 9781529033137, paperback, 

(German edition: Writers &Lovers, C.H. Beck, hardback)

Excellent reviews for Lily King’s “Writers& Lovers” caught my eye after it was also recommended by several people whose judgement I trust... Although I am hardly the target reader for this novel age wise, I  enjoyed this uplifting, funny, warm story immensely, the right novel at the right time.  

Thirtyish Casey Peabody always wanted to be a writer and is happy supporting herself working as a waitress while trying to finish her first novel which is taking far longer than expected. When her mother dies unexpectedly, she is overcome by grief and starts to question the validity of her life decisions: her drifting around, being incapable of finishing her book, the breakup of a love affair, living in something close to a garden shack or the mountain of debt piled up from her master’s degree.  Life is yet to become less complicated when she is drawn to fellow writer Silas and almost at the same time meets Oscar, a widower and professor in his forties with two small boys that capture her heart.  

"Writers and Lovers"  has a lighthearted seriousness to it, if that makes sense,  which really struck a chord with me. A perfect summer read.