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SUMMER OF LOVE
A STYLIST BEST NEW RELEASE OF 2025 'An exquisitely tender portrayal of enduring love' OBSERVER 'A sweeping, decades-spanning tale of queer desire' MARIE CLAIRE 'Profoundly moving' EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL, bestselling author of STATION ELEVEN 'Almost unbearably beautiful' EMILIA HART, bestselling author of WEYWARD 'Had me hooked from the first… Read More
From the oyster huts of Whitstable to the music halls of Victorian London, Tipping the Velvet is the glorious first novel from this much-loved author 'Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most… Read More
A BESTSELLING NOVEL AND MAJOR FILM STARRING MERYL STREEP AND JACK NICHOLSON 'I have bought more copies of this book to give to people, in a frenzy of enthusiasm, than any other . . . Heartburn is the perfect, bittersweet, sobbingly funny, all-too-true confessional novel' NIGELLA LAWSON 'A perfect example… Read More
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME, READ BY MEERA SYAL A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, DAILY MAIL, RED MAGAZINE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Absolutely terrific' JENNY COLGAN 'An utterly unputdownable exploration of modern love'… Read More
The international bestseller: a hilarious, heartfelt story of all-consuming and unexpected love 'I loved it' COCO MELLORS 'If you've ever been young, you will love The Rachel Incident like I did' GABRIELLE ZEVIN 'Funny, nostalgic, sexy' MONICA HEISEY 'Hilarious, wise and wonderfully written' GRAHAM NORTON 'Easily 13/10 . . .… Read More