***A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB book 2023***’Nora-Ephron-style wit…comforting, so funny, moving… one of my favourite books ever’ MARIAN KEYES’Newman writes loss and laughter in equally brilliant amounts.’ BONNIE GARMUS’Dazzling, heart-wrenching, snorty-hilarious… An utter joy to read’ RACHEL JOYCE’An absolute masterpiece in characterisation… utterly beautiful.’ JOANNA CANNON_______Who knows you better than your best friend? Who knows your secrets, your fears, your desires, your strange imperfect self? Edi and Ash have been best friends for over forty years. Since childhood they have seen each other through life’s milestones: stealing vodka from their parents, the Madonna phase, REM concerts, unexpected wakes, marriages, infertility, children. As Ash notes, ‘Edi’s memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine.’ So when Edi is diagnosed with cancer, Ash’s world reshapes around the rhythms of Edi’s care, from making watermelon ice cubes to music t