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On a Beautiful Day

The perfect emotional read for 2026 about friendship and love

Lucy Diamond author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:15th Jan '26

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On a Beautiful Day cover

An inspiring and uplifting novel from the bestselling author of The Secrets of Happiness and The House of New Beginnings. Reissued with a new cover.

An inspiring and uplifting novel from the bestselling author of The Secrets of Happiness and The House of New Beginnings.

‘A new Lucy Diamond book is one of the happiest highlights of my calendar’ Katie Fforde

It’s a beautiful day in Manchester and four friends are meeting for a birthday lunch. But then they witness a shocking accident just metres away, which acts as a catalyst for each of them.

For Laura, it’s a wake-up call to heed the ticking of her biological clock. Sensible Jo finds herself throwing caution to the wind in a new relationship. Eve, who has been trying to ignore the worrying lump in her breast, feels helpless and out of control. And happy-go-lucky India is drawn to one of the victims of the accident, causing long-buried secrets to rise to the surface.

On a Beautiful Day is a novel about the startling and unexpected turns life can take. It’s about luck – good and bad – and about finding bravery and resilience when your world is in turmoil. Above all, it’s about friendship, togetherness and hope.

Praise for Lucy Diamond:

‘A hugely satisfying read’ Heat

‘Warm, witty and wise’ Daily Mail

Full of emotion and insight - it really makes you think -- Katie Fforde, bestselling author of A Summer at Sea
You can feel the warmth lifting from the pages as you turn them. Loved it. -- Milly Johnson, bestselling author of The Queen of Wishful Thinking
A beautiful, life-affirming novel * The Sun *
Praise for the The House of New Beginnings: Seamless, engaging, believable, fun and heartfelt. * Heat *

ISBN: 9781035074136

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 31mm

Weight: 346g

512 pages