Love may fail (Pan Macmillan)

From Matthew Quick, the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook.'Brilliant... Compulsively readable... Love May Fail is as wholly transporting as any cinematic experience' GQPortia Kane is having a meltdown.

After escaping her cheating husband and their posh Florida life, she finds herself transported back home and back to square one. In need of saving herself, she sets out to find and resurrect a beloved high-school English teacher who has retired after a violent incident in the classroom.But she quickly learns that it's not a one-woman job.

Luckily she meets a few people on her journey. Can Chuck, the handsome brother of Portia's old school friend, together with a sassy nun and a metal-head little boy, help Portia's chances in her bid for renewed hope in the human race?It's going to be quite a ride.Moving and funny, Love May Fail is about the heartache and daring choices it takes to become the person you know deep down you are meant to be.