How We Met

There are some people you can't imagine life without. What, at the end of it all, is really important? Liv and her friends can't imagine a life different from now: freedom, lifelong friendships, and dreams that are still within their reach. Then, Liv dies. For those left behind – Mia, Fraser, Anna, Norm and Melody – everything stops. Their lives and dreams are frozen in time. In the years that follow, they decide to meet on Liv's birthday to raise a toast and celebrate her life, even though none of them are living their own – not really. Time marches inexorably on, and yet without Liv, the lynchpin of the group, they are all flailing. Mia and Fraser are quietly falling apart because of the secret they share and, as truths are unearthed and their friendships are tested to the limit, they have to ask themselves – is it time to get on with the business of actually living? A contemporary story of love, friendship and grief, told with Katy's inimitable laugh-out-loud humour, poignancy and heart. There are some people you cant imagine life without. Liv Jenkins had been meticulously planning her ultimate to-do list from the outrageous to sensible of everything she longed to do before her dreaded thirtieth birthday, but when tragedy struck she never got the chance Two years later, Livs five closest friends have come together on the anniversary of her death and have made a pact: they will complete Livs to-do list in tribute to her memory. Over the next year, before what wouldve been Livs thirtieth birthday, her friends set out to complete the tasks. But along the way deeply buried secrets, silent guilt, unrequited love and years of lies, rise to the surface rocking their friendships. When they reach the end of Livs list the final task shakes the group to their core and they realise that they must face their futures and the consequences of their pasts, and with Livs help, live the lives they have always dreamed of. Een groep vrienden en vriendinnen probeert de dood van een van hen te verwerken door haar lijst van dingen die ze nog voor haar dertigste had willen doen uit te voeren