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My Oxford Year Reviews

“Whelan has created a beautiful, romantic story that focuses on big ideas—love, death, poetry, and what really matters in the end.”
Kirkus Reviews

“Whelan combined the most heart-wrenching and romantic moments of every Jojo Moyes and Nicholas Sparks novel and added in her own touches of humanity and lovableness…Bring your tissues.”
Travel + Leisure

“This debut novel has a preponderance of heart while offering respite from heady emotions with light wit. Whelan draws from her own Oxford experience, creating a richly rendered setting of not just the university’s spires but of the surrounding chip shops and grubby pubs that are just as vital.”
Booklist

“This pull-at-the-heartstrings yet sexy debut novel by Whelan, an award-winning audiobook narrator, is all about the choices we make for ourselves and others. It will delight Anglophiles as well as Jojo Moyes fans.”
Library Journal

My Oxford Year is a funny, tender, heart-breaking coming-of-age adventure.”
Allison Winn Scotch
New York Times bestselling author

My Oxford Year is an achingly beautiful debut.”
Robinne Lee
Author of The Idea of You

“Full of humor and romance, My Oxford Year has it all — I loved it!”
Jill Shalvis
New York Times bestselling author