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The Sunday Times bestseller, from the author of The Binding

'Utterly original… ensnared me from the very first page' EMILIA HART

'Storytelling at its most immersive' ERIN KELLY

The whole world disappears when you enter

THE SILENCE FACTORY

‘Exhilarating’ THE TIMES

'Uproarious' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Merciless and funny' ECONOMIST

'Outrageous' SPECTATOR

'Funny, important and timely … I was laughing out loud at the same time as my blood was running cold' JOHN CLEESE

What if calling someone stupid was illegal?

'A compulsive read' Luan Goldie

'A swift, exhilarating punch to the gut' Lydia Kiesling

'I couldn't put it down' Helen Phillips

‘A boisterous romp that spotlights serious social issues’ DAILY MAIL

'A Down Under Demon Copperhead… it's more than feel-good, it's feel-everything. What a triumph' A. J. FINN

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, this is the irresistible new novel from the internationally bestselling author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES.

Good songs come from love. Great songs come from heartbreak.

The biggest debut of 2025.

Behind every strong woman are the women who raised her.

‘A powerful family saga’ OBSERVER

‘Heartbreaking, hopeful, and resilient… a masterpiece’ TARA M. STRINGFELLOW, author of Memphis

‘Magnificently horrifying’ Daily Mail

‘Gripping’ Glamour

‘Impressive and moving’ Irish Times

My name is Ikemefuna Nwosu, and I am your wife.

'A deeply observant, perceptive writer' Joanna Cannon

'A remarkable debut; quietly devastating and beautifully wrought' Jendella Benson

'Warm, engrossing, deeply moving. I loved these characters' Holly Brickley

'Expansive, surprising, delightful, vulnerable and always real' Olumide Popoola

'Brilliant…I read it in one enthralled sitting' Peter Scalpello

'Fabulous, relaxing, page-turning, dream-inspiring' MIRANDA HART

'Exquisitely beautiful and so perceptive' JOANNA CANNON

From the Costa-shortlisted author of THE OTHER HALF OF AUGUSTA HOPE and ALL MY MOTHERS

Can two lost people find each other?

'A beautifully written love story that travels beyond epic' ANSTEY HARRIS, author of THE HOUSE OF LOST SECRETS

From the critically acclaimed author of THE RULES OF SEEING and WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS

‘Funny, poignant, smart and wonderfully, achingly real’ SARAH WATERS

‘Rambunctiously funny’ THE TIMES, Book of the Month

'I can’t think of another author who can make me ricochet so quickly from painful empathy to helpless laughter' ERIN KELLY

FROM THE POLARI PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF IN AT THE DEEP END