Marriage was the biggest decision of their lives and yet they made it so lightly it was barely a decision at all

As schoolgirls, Justine and her best friend Iseult dreamed of a future that revolved around marriage.

They saw it as a happy ending, never imagining for a moment that the reality would be more complicated.

Coming up to fifty, they're still best friends. Justine has been married to Iseult s brother for twenty-five years and lives in her childhood home. Iseult has spent her adult life abroad, her marriage clearly unhappy for reasons she won't discuss.

When Justine s daughter suddenly announces her engagement, Justine is thrown into planning a big family wedding.

Afraid that her daughter is making a mistake, she finds herself questioning the choices she and Iseult made decades earlier. This crisis of confidence tests Justine in new and unexpected ways.

From the Women s Prize longlisted author of Nothing But Blue Sky and The Home Scar, Other People s Lives is a captivating story about the decisions we make in a heartbeat, and their lifelong consequences.