The lifelong consequences of first love are nothing Paul can appreciate a sense of at nineteen, entering into a relationship that defies social convention. As Paul grows older, however, love requires more of him than he could have anticipated. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst called }The Only Story{ 'quietly devastating' At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention. As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen. Tender and wise, The Only Story is a deeply moving novel by one of Britain's greatest mappers of the human heart.
