From the moment they meet, Elena and Armand try to free themselves from everything trapping them and try to recapture the spontaneity and happiness that we can only achieve when we inhabit the present. They will discover that they have the right to change, to see the world differently to how they have seen it for so many years, and to love themselves. In short, to give themselves the freedom to live as they wish. "Tandem" isn't a story about the happiness promised by a marvellous journey, nor even the joy we experience on hearing an 'I love you', instead it is about the happiness that encourages us to seek company and enjoy the path to finding a deeper and more lasting contentment. A delicious novel that explores the human capacity for self-reinvention, for upturning the monotony, and letting ourselves be taken by whatever life brings.