<p><b><i>**</i>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BESTSELLER<i>**</i></b><br><i><br>Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.</i><br><br>First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn¿t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he¿s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.<br><br>As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.<br><br>Tender and wise, <i>The Only Story</i> is a deeply moving novel by one of Britain''s greatest mappers of the human heart.</p>