Rosy Thornton wrote her third novel after being lambasted by her family for always falling into conversation with strangers – on buses, at supermarket checkouts, and even on the phone to the insurance call centre!

This is the story of Peter, a Cambridge geography don who crashes his car into a tree stump when swerving to avoid a cat, and Mina, the girl at the Sheffield call centre who deals with his insurance claim. It tracks their parallel lives, as well those of their families - because both Peter and Mina are single parents.

An old-fashioned fairy tale of love across the class divide, it is also a book about the small joys and tribulations of parenthood; about one-ness and two-ness; about symmetry and coincidence; about the things which separate us and the things which bring us together.

"Crossed Wires by Rosy Thornton is ... rooted in the everyday. Thornton ... is skilled at drawing out the poignancy of ordinary life." - The Guardian

"A super-sweet tale." - OK! magazine

"Crossed Wires is the delightful third novel from British author Rosy Thornton. Witty, moving, believable and wonderfully compelling, Crossed Wires is a terrific contemporary novel readers shouldn’t miss." – Single Titles

"Heartwarming modern rom-com with a nice edge to it." - Scott Pack

“Crossed Wires by Rosy Thornton is a delight.” - Adèle Geras

Also available in large print edition from W.F. Howe (Clipper Large Print), and in audio (CD and MP3 formats) from Whole Story Audio.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crossed-Wires-Rosy-Thornton/dp/075534555X/ref=sr