The Post-Birthday World - Lionel Shriver

Irina McGovern enjoys a quiet life in London with Lawrence Trainer, a smart, loyal, disciplined intellectual. Their relationship is rock solid--until the night Irina finds herself dying to kiss another man. This enchanting work depicts Irina's alternating futures with two very different men. n nAmerican children's book illustrator Irina McGovern enjoys a secure, settled life in London with her smart, loyal, disciplined partner, Lawrence--until the night she finds herself inexplicably drawn to kissing another man, a passionate, extravagant, top-ranked snooker player.

Two competing alternate futures hinge on this single kiss, as Irina's decision--to surrender to temptation or to preserve her seemingly safe partnership with Lawrence--will have momentous consequences for her career, her friendships and familial relationships, and the texture of her daily life.n