On 15 th July 1998, Emma and Dexter spend a night together after their graduation, but when the morning arrives the two will be their separate ways. But how will different will their lives be in a year? Or five years? Or ten years? Following Emma and Dexter through their lives for the next 20 years will highlight how much can really change in a year. Filled with wit, and charisma, One Day is a story that will stay with the reader long after its conclusion. The concept of One Day is refreshing in romance literature, rather than building the romance in a conventional space of time Nicholls writes about Emma and Dexter on the same day every year, but still implementing important events that have happened in the meantime to further shape Emma and Dexter’s characters. Emma is a working-class woman from Yorkshire who has to work her way to the top, whereas Dexter is middle-class and has everything handed to him. This dichotomy is often a point of friction b...