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The Rewind

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This love story doesn't follow the rules of time...

Jack and Sara fell in love in 1995 - two teenagers with stars in their eyes - sharing mixtapes, cheap fizzy pop, and a first kiss that felt like the whole world was theirs.

Decades later, their marriage is crumbling and their daughters are leaving home...and then a car crash changes everything.

Suddenly, they're sixteen again - back in their childhood bedrooms, posters on the walls, the sound of dial-up tones, sun-bleached summers, sleepovers, and the friends and family they never thought they'd see again. Their life together hasn't happened yet.

Is this a reminder of a spark that never really went away? Or proof that time can't always fix what's broken?

As Jack and Sara relive the days that made them, they'll discover whether first love really lasts - and what they'd risk to fall for each other all over again...For fans of About Time, Matt Haig and Back to the Future, this is a 90s summer love story about first loves, second chances, and the days you wish you could relive forever.

Praise for The Rewind

  • Utterly and completely beautiful - Joanna Cannon (on Days of Wonder)

  • Both very funny and intensely moving - a rare feat - Mike Gayle (on Days of Wonder)

  • A story of life, love and hope - the perfect antidote to today's world. Phenomenal - Clare Mackintosh (on Days of Wonder)

  • A story of life, love and hope - the perfect antidote to today's world. Phenomenal - Clare Mackintosh (on Days of Wonder)

  • The Frequency of Us is a fascinating, beautiful, heartwarming novel - Beth O'Leary

  • Really evocative . . . just lovely - Sara Cox (on The Frequency of Us)

  • The publishing sensation of the year - Mail on Sunday (on A Boy Made of Blocks)

Keith Stuart

Keith Stuart is an author and journalist. His heartwarming debut novel, A Boy Made of Blocks, was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and a major bestseller. His third novel, The Frequency of Us, was a BBC2 Between the Covers pick and Radio 4 Book at Bedtime. Keith has written for publications including Empire, Red and Esquire, and is the video games correspondent for the Guardian. He lives with his wife and two sons in Frome, Somerset.

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