LAST TIME WE MET

by Emily Houghton (Penguin £7.99, 416 pp)

ThIRTeeN-yeAR-oLD best friends eleanor and Fin make a pact — if they’re both single at 35, they will marry each other. They sign a contract and promptly forget about it. They move to different continents then don’t see each other for 15 years.

Fin’s estranged mother is dying so he leaves his home in LA and returns to england. eleanor is recovering from a hideous break-up. Wounded and guarded they meet at the wedding of another old school friend. Both are 34 and single but a lot has changed in the intervening years. Perfect for a sunny afternoon.