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She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined – with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love. Decades later, she is successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth.

The New York Times Bestseller 'Captivating, potent, incisive, and wise' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe 'Writers & Lovers made me happy' - Ann Patchett Casey has ended up back in Massachusetts after a devastating love affair. Her mother has just died and she is knocked sideways by grief and...

A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the 2014 Kirkus Prize Winner of the 2014 New England Book Award for Fiction A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award One of Kirkus Reviews’s Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far) A Best Book of the Year for: The New York Times Book Review...

A New York Times Notable Book Young, inexperienced and fleeing a terrible personal loss, Rosie travels to France to become an au pair to the Tivot family. Nicole, the cool, distant and beautifully polished mother of the three children she cares for is impossible to connect with - there is...

'Vivid, moving, immersive' Marian Keyes 'Moved me, inspired me, thrilled me. It filled up every chamber of my heart' - Ann Patchett 'Masterful, surprising, and satisfying' - Madeline Miller Writers & Lovers established Lily King as one of our most beloved authors of contemporary fiction. Now...

Winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction Gardiner Amory’s life is reeling – Nixon is being impeached, his wife is leaving him and his worldview is rapidly becoming outdated. His daughter, Daley, has spent her life negotiating her parents’ conflicting worlds: the liberal realm of...

A Chicago Tribune and Publishers Weekly Best Novel ‘A domestic drama with the adrenaline-fuelled beating heart of a thriller’ - Elle Fifteen years ago, English teacher Vida Avery arrived alone and pregnant at the elite Fayer Academy. Living on the campus off the coast of New England, she...

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Nach dem gefeierten Bestseller Euphoria erzählt Lily King in Writers & Lovers treffsicher, intelligent und mit ureigenem Humor die Geschichte einer ebenso starken wie zerbrechlichen jungen Frau—und von der Zerrissenheit zwischen den Zwängen der Gesellschaft und den eigenen Träumen von einem anderen Leben. Als ihre Mutter plötzlich stirbt und Luke sie aus heiterem Himmel verlässt, verliert Casey den Boden unter den Füßen.

Last Thursday Nite feels like a fever dream, tastes and smells like grandma's cooking, and sounds like every volume of Now That's What I Call Music playing simultaneously.