When she opens and reads the letter she discovers that the letter was written by gerry. Ps, i love you is irish writer cecelia aherns debut novel, published in 2004. Hollys journey, seven years on, will make every reader reflect on the many kinds of love that sustain us, and underscore that the deepest love spreads its wings far beyond the objects of our desire. Sep 20, 2019 the book sequel to ps, i love you may have only been released yesterday thursday, 19 th september but author cecelia ahern has already confirmed that it will be coming to the big screen. I love you is a 2007 american tragedy romance film directed by richard lagravenese. If you wish to get other views on hollys character in the book or gerry s character click here. Ps i love you had been aherns first novel, written when she was just 21. This quiz will ask questions on the cecelia ahern book, ps, i love you. Foreign rights to her novels have been purchased in more than forty countries and have sold more than four million copies in north america. Having read and totally loved ps i love you, i was very excited to read postscript which is the sequel to ps i love you. Seven years after her husbands death six since she read his final letter holly kennedy has moved on with her life. I love you is for anyone who knows love, and what life can through at you.
She has moved on, she has got a new job, she has fallen in love, her house. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Open your heart and follow where it leads you and remember, shoot for the moon ps. Hollys mother believes that gerrys letters are keeping holly tied to the past. When hollys sister asks her to tell the story of the ps, i love you letters on her podcast to revisit the messages gerry wrote before his death to read after his passing she does so reluctantly, not wanting to reopen old wounds. Throughout the letters which he had arranged for after his death gerry ends them by saying p.
Hollys mother and best friends begin to worry that gerrys letters are keeping holly tied to the past, but in fact, each letter is pushing. The letters helped holly find her feet, her voice, herself again, and her. I grin, my heart pounding, my stomach alive with butterflies. Since writing the book, ahern has gone on to pen several other heartwrenching stories, including where rainbows end. What affect, if any, does location make to the story.
Ps, i love you by cecelia ahern from the guardian the. I love you is a sweet and fairly moving film that somewhat convincingly traces the trajectory of grief. Ps, i love you sequel will add new memories of gerry and hollys relationship. The longawaited sequel to the international bestseller ps, i love you. But as her 30th birthday looms, gerry comes back to her. As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, holly is both cheered up and. Gerry is romantic and makes some wonderful gestures that make his wife realize shes not alone in dealing with life after jerry. Ps, i love you audiobooks listen to the full series. The novel explores the love story of holly and gerry, which continues even. To begin with, i chose this movie because i have not seen it yet, but i have heard from my friends that it was a movie that i cannot miss out on. Cecelia ahern holly couldnt live without her husband gerry, until the day she had to. But i have a feeling this is the last letter, because there is only one thing left to tell you. Its been seven years since gerrys death and six years since holly read his last letter. I love you, author cecelia ahern is back with its sequel postscript which was released in september 2019.
And if you can, please add more quotes that you know from that movie. S eptember 7th letter shoot for the moon and if you miss youll still be among the stars. And though i was crying for the last 20 or so pages of the book, i was left. Adapted from cecelia aherns 2004 novel of the same name, the film starred swank as holly, a young widow trying to move on after her husband gerrys untimely. Gerry gave me these letters for you, said hollys mother. I wish i could whisper in your ear and have it be the first thing you hear in the morning. Tell dad to not lay about, and to take care of his legskeep them walking. My darling, i wish i could kiss you in the morning and remind you fresh each day how lovely you are, how beautiful your smile is, how your voice, your words, your hands, your freckles, your eyes, your nose make me crazy with want to kiss you for every sweet thing about you even though that would take a thousand years, especially since that would take a thousand. Nov 29, 2005 cecelia ahern is author of the international bestsellers ps, i love you, love, rosie, and if you could see me now. Finding someone you love and loves you back is a wonderful feeling. This book continues seven years after gerry s death. Ahern, the twentysomething daughter of irelands prime minister, has discovered a clever and original twist to the.
The story of holly and gerry didnt end with ps, i love you as this gorgeous novel illuminates, life goes on, even in the wake of loss. Holly kennedy is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life a passionate, funny, and impetuous irishman named gerry. Hope youre all having an incredible night xo love beau. It stars hilary swank, gerard butler, lisa kudrow, gina gershon, james marsters, harry connick jr. Can someone please write what gerry s last letter said. In fact gerry had written had written her letters for every month for at least 9 months. It is also about the very human and awkward experience of moving forward alone after the death. Keeping in mind that ahern was 21 when she wrote ps, i love you, discuss her strengths as a storyteller. I dont mean literally, i mean, youre out buying icecream and youll be home soon. My darling, i wish i could kiss you in the morning and remind you fresh each day how lovely you are, how beautiful your smile is, how your voice, your words, your hands, your freckles, your eyes, your nose make me crazy with want to kiss you for every sweet thing about you even though that would take a thousand years, especially since that would take a thousand years. I love you ist ein usamerikanisches filmdrama aus dem jahr 2007.
Its an endearing novel that will capture your heart. Feb 16, 2004 ps, i love you by cecelia ahern harper collins. Cecelia aherns debut novel, ps, i love you, follows the engaging, witty, and occasionally sappy reawakening of holly, a young irish widow who must put her life back together after she loses her husband gerry to a brain tumor. Ps, i love you is ultimately a tale of love and marriage, death and survival, loss and recovery, and the eternal bond that can unite two people, even after one of them has passed away. It not only claimed the number one bestseller status in ireland, britain, the united states, germany, and the netherlands but was on the number one spot in ireland for nineteen weeks. I will always love you i have fall in love to this man deeply. Butler last seen slaughtering persians in 300 far more effectively than does gerry s terminal illness. Shes proud of all the ways in which she has grown and evolved. Well, doc says theres not much time, so i thought i d write to you, seeing how bad we kennedys are with modern day contraptions like telephones. Yes i know we hear later that it was a tumor, but i just dont think it should have been done like that. Love will find you, like gerry found holly, miles way from home. Ps, i love you sequel will add new memories of gerry and.
S i love you is still one of the dominant romantic movies. But with the help of a series of letters her husband left her before he died and a little nudging from an eccentric assortment of family and friends, she learns to laugh, overcome her fears, and discover a world she never knew existed. Looking at gerry s letter to holly in the package with the envelopeslist, discuss. The letter 1997 film south korea the letter 2004 film thai remake 2007 in film. I dont mean literally, i mean you re out buying ice cream and you ll be home soon. I shove the letter into my bag and as i do, i sneak a glance.
Dont be scared to love again, no matter how or who or what you choose to fall in love with. The whole letter gerry sent to his mom and dad in ireland says. Sections homepage trivia quizzes free trivia questions player quiz lists ask funtrivia get. I wrote this novel when i was 21 years old and experiencing a challenging moment in my life.
I love you series 2 book series kindle edition from. Theres no need to hunt it down one kind of love only. The screenplay by lagravenese and steven rogers is based on the 2004 novel of the same name by cecelia ahern. Hes left her a bundle of notes, one for each of the months after his death, gently guiding holly into her new life without him, each note signed ps, i love you. Holly kennedy, 29, has just become a widow when the novel opens, her husband gerry.
It made me cry at times and there was a few laugh out loud moments. The major difference between the novel and its film adaptation is that, in the novel, the main characters holly and gerry kennedy are irish. Gerry s last note came in december before denises wedding. You think that us viewers arent clever enough to figure out that in a film named ps, i love you the leads love each other, but we can figure out how he died.
Thats 10 whole years since gerard butler danced his way across the room in nothing but a pair of. There are 10 letters each containing some instruction on. Ps, i love you sequel will add new memories of gerry and hollys. One day holly receives a letter titled ps i love you. It revolves around holly kennedy who lost her loving husband to brain tumor. The title every letter is ending with words ps, i love you. I love you rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration.
Holly relates from the young in love to the elderly who know what life can throw at you. It is also about the very human and awkward experience of moving forward alone after the death of a soulmate. A sequel to the romantic novel ps, i love you the source material for a hit romcom starring hilary swank and gerard butleris in the works. The text of the last letter gerry wrote to holly may 01, 2010 i know you love dolphins tell them i said hi ps. May 23, 2015 if you wish to get other views on hollys character in the book or gerrys character click here. How effective is she at describing hollys experiences. In the weeks and months that follow, more letters from gerry are delivered in surprising ways, each sending her on a new adventure and each signing off in the same way. The group, who call themselves the ps, i love you club, ask for her help to write similar letters gerry left her in the wake of his death for their loved ones. Now, news is that the muchawaited sequel will soon be made into a. Cecilia ahern writes a terrific sequel to ps i love you, immersing us once again in. Hollys mother and best friends begin to worry that gerry s letters are keeping holly tied to the past, but in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future.
But i have a feeling this is the last letter, because there is only one. Cecelia ahern holly and gerry are the kind of perfectly happy married couple that others envy. Film rights to if you could see me now have been bought by walt disney pictures, and ps, i love you is being made into a film by warner bros. Ps, i love you, the book that inspired a hilary swank. Postscript picks up seven years after gerry kennedys death and six years since holly has read his last letter. I love you, a book at once poignant and comical, introspective and farcical.
The letter are supposed to encouraged holly to move on by going out more and spending more time with her friends denise and sharon, but her friends are afraid that the letters are keeping holly tied up. Title aside even if it is the salutation of each of gerry s notes, ps, i love you is a powerful character study that focuses on grieving and healing. It takes you on a powerful journey of life, love, and recovery. Ps, i love you by cecelia ahern about the book holly couldnt live without her husband gerry, until the day she had to. So when gerrys life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of holly. No one could imagine holly and gerry without each other. Meanwhile the bridge, in the wicklow near dublin, that was one of the locations of the last sequences of the movie, is currently reputed as one of the tourism attractivities of the ireland.
But when a group inspired by gerry s letters, calling themselves the ps, i love you club, approaches holly asking for help, she finds herself drawn back into a world that she worked so hard to leave behind. But thanks to these sweeping romantic gestures, theyre out of money nothing left even to pay utility bills and holly has to beg her mom for money. A soulmate is someone who understands you like no other will be there for you forever no matter what. I love you is officially getting a sequel movie and. However, it means shes forced to revisit her grief and the love she had for gerry, which brings back memories both good and bad. Ps, i love you by cecelia ahern book club discussion. With gerry s words as her guide, holly embarks on a journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of. They were the kind of young couple who could finish each others sentences. Holly is a fantastic protagonist who begins to mend through the solace provided by gerry. Then, at the age of thirty, gerry is diagnosed with a terrible illness. Cecelia ahern, the 22yearold daughter of irish prime minister bertie ahern, writes with insight beyond her years in her debut novel, p. Theyre words that are engraved on her heart because ps, i love you is how her husband, gerry, signed his last letters to her, letters that mark a year she will never forget. I have a feeling this is gonna be the last letter, because there is only one thing left to tell you. Ps, i love you author cecelia ahern announces sequel.
The book sequel to ps, i love you may have only been released yesterday thursday, 19 th september but author cecelia ahern has already confirmed that it will be coming to the big screen. I love you is on netflix so you can catch up before. It isnt to go down memory lane or make you buy a lamp. And if you can, please add more quotes that you know. But it was the story of ps, i love you both the book and subsequent film that first moved fans across the globe. Postscript by cecelia ahern overdrive rakuten overdrive. Gerard butler feb 11, 2020 wanted to ask you for ages. The text of the last letter gerry wrote to holly gerry. I would rate this as an alltime favorite for the best drama books.
These are the six words written on a card handed to holly kennedy. Taking gerry s advice to find someone new to love, holly began dating. Thank you gosiu for recommendating this book, the first english book ive read. But finding a true soulmate is an even better feelin. Ps, i love you by cecelia ahern from the guardian the guardian. Books ps, i love you by cecelia ahern harper collins. I love you d ecember the last letter dont be afraid to fall in love again. I love you has officially been giving women unrealistic expectations of men for 10 years. A young married couple, holly and gerry, have a joke between them. The list grew to encompass advice for any eventuality, a joke all their friends shared. But i have a feeling this is the last letter, because there is only one thing left to tell. Ps, i love you sequel will add new memories of gerry.