'Brilliant… a moving, empathic reckoning with the cost and contradictions of self-making in a world of unknowns. I read it in one enthralled sitting' Peter Scalpello
'Expansive, surprising, delightful, vulnerable and always real' Olumide Popoola
‘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
'Insightful, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny… a delight' J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, New York Times bestselling author of Friends and Strangers
'Has the feel of whispered secrets exchanged over cocktails with your smartest friend' JENNY JACKSON, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street
Featured in Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Sunday Times Style, You Magazine…
'Super-sharp, lethally witty' NIGELLA LAWSON
Delicious' JOJO MOYES
'Very funny… I inhaled it' JOE LYCETT
‘Taut, pacy, seamless… a huge pleasure to read’ MARIAN KEYES
'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Month
'Sparkling'OBSERVER
'A triumph… beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN
'Spellbinding…. Chevalier at her fabulous best' ELIF SHAFAK
‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR
'A brilliant and luminous writer’ MADELINE MILLER, author of THE SONG OF ACHILLES and CIRCE
'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
SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘Spellbinding’ Guardian
'Utterly brilliant' Joanna Cannon
'A stirring, highly original piece of storytelling and world-making' Sunday Times
OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
‘A veritable work of art' Rose Tremain
'A truly magical experience' Guardian
'Triumphant' Wall Street Journal
'I absolutely LOVED this book! It’s that perfect blend of funny and emotional … A genuinely entertaining and heartwarming read!' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
