You think you know what kind of novel this is, but you'd be wrong. Yes, Julia is a single-girl cliché and yes, a series of disastrous dates has left her despairing of ever finding The One - until Ben sits next to her on a bench. He's tall, dark, handsomeand barefoot, a bit ripe-smelling and of no fixed abode. You guessed it - they fall in love. But can Julia overlook the differences between them?