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We are happy to finally reveal the cover for Jennifer Love’s debut novel PLEASE FEAR ME which will be publishing on the 5th of September! If you're looking for witty book with a unique and intimate narrative voice add this one to your list!
‘We were wild animals after all. And some of the ones with the biggest teeth.’
Sixteen-year-old Smidge is on the run, burdened with a shameful secret. Together with her fellow runaway, a performance artist called Violet, she travels through the underbelly of America, desperately searching for a way to rise above her past.
On meeting a travelling circus filled with misfits and drifters, they think they might have found a home. But as Violet is drawn under the influence of its sinister ringleader, Smidge learns that belonging comes with a price.
Forced to choose between her past and present, Smidge must confront the shame that has shaped her, and return to face her flawed mother, before it is too late.
Brazen, tender and painfully raw, Please Fear Me is a biting exploration of complex family ties, addiction and survival.
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We are happy to finally reveal the cover for Jennifer Love’s debut novel PLEASE FEAR ME which will be publishing on the 5th of September! If you're looking for witty book with a unique and intimate narrative voice add this one to your list! ‘We were wild animals after all. And some of the ones with the biggest teeth.’ Sixteen-year-old Smidge is on the run, burdened with a shameful secret. Together with her fellow runaway, a performance artist called Violet, she travels through the underbelly of America, desperately searching for a way to rise above her past. On meeting a travelling circus filled with misfits and drifters, they think they might have found a home. But as Violet is drawn under the influence of its sinister ringleader, Smidge learns that belonging comes with a price. Forced to choose between her past and present, Smidge must confront the shame that has shaped her, and return to face her flawed mother, before it is too late. Brazen, tender and painfully raw, Please Fear Me is a biting exploration of complex family ties, addiction and survival.
Here is the gorgeous new cover of Other Names, Other Places by Ola Mustapha. Paperback edition publishing 18th of July! (designed by @beccy.and.her.book.covers) Mama, Baba… and Mrs Brown. Wayward Nessie is caught between cultures: too English for her Tunisian parents, yet not ‘white enough’ or ‘African enough’ to fit in with any of the groups at school. Her father is determined to make the family ‘respectable’, while Mama is lost in nostalgia for the country she left behind. Even Nessie’s sister Sherine, who appears to find it easiest to slip between identities, faces struggles of her own. Then there is the charismatic Mrs Brown, who befriended her parents on their arrival in England. She soon becomes the glue holding the family together, until one day she disappears from their lives as quickly as she arrived. Years later, struggling with patterns of self-sabotage, Nessie returns home to confront the mysteries of her childhood. Forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew, she begins to wonder: what really happened between her parents and Mrs Brown? Available for pre-order now!
Happy publication day to✨SMALL WARS IN MADRID✨ by Anthony Ferner!!! David Aguilera’s life is collapsing around him. After the catastrophic loss of the vessel under his command and a perilous trek across the Baltics to safety, he returns home to find himself unable to reconnect with his family. Frustrated by his inability to express what he is feeling, his wife Margalit moves out to stay with friends, taking their children with her. As David anxiously awaits the official inquiry into his conduct, he turns to those who are most important to him – his closest friend and comrade Marce; his Catholic adoptive mother; his Jewish birth mother; and Margalit, herself Sephardi Jewish. Faced with the prospect of losing his family altogether, he must confront his conflicting identities and faiths and decide the man he wants to become. Available in all good bookshops! #novel #fairlightmodern #indie #madrid #religion #love
Happy publication day to DANCING IN THE SHALLOWS by Clare Reddaway! 🎉 Isla Wintergreen has not seen her grandfather since she was seven, but when she unexpectedly inherits his cottage on the Isle of Skye, she cannot resist the opportunity to escape her purposeless life. As she slowly becomes a part of the island community, she learns more about the family she never really knew – from her estranged father, to her reclusive grandfather, and her intelligent but oppressed great-grandmother. Meanwhile, her mother Cathy reflects on her own past. Mother and daughter both hope to find new freedom – but can family patterns ever really be broken? Available in all good bookshops! #novellas #debut #madrid #isleofskye #fairlightmoderns #indie #literaryfiction #collection
'A historical fiction tour de force' — Deborah Swift author of The Poison Keeper 'A sensuous and raw story about beauty, sex, sacrifice, and a mother’s undying love.' — Gina Buonaguro, author of The Virgins of Venice 'A beautiful story of a woman's resilience and quiet strength.' - NetGalley Reviewer 'This haunting historical novel is both tender and terrifying.' - NetGalley Reviewer THE MAIDEN OF FLORENCE is available for pre-order now!
What a stunning cover for this absolute masterpiece by Ola Mustapha! OTHER NAMES, OTHER PLACES will be out July 13 and deals with themes of family trauma, cultural displacement and acceptance of oneself and others. The full synopsis is below: 'What were we, then, if "English" was a prize out of our reach and "Tunisian" was the mask we wore at home?' Growing up in London with Tunisian parents, wayward Nessie finds herself caught between cultures. Her parents don’t want her becoming too English, while at school she doesn’t feel ‘white enough’ or ‘African enough’ to fit in with any group. She even has multiple names: Nesrine officially, Susu to her family, Nessie to everyone else. And then there’s Mrs Brown: a charismatic woman who befriends her parents and soon becomes the glue holding their dysfunctional family together. Yet after a catastrophic betrayal, Mrs Brown abruptly disappears from their lives. Years later, Nessie seeks independence but struggles to escape a pattern of self-sabotage. As unsolved family mysteries resurface, she begins to wonder: what really happened between her parents and Mrs Brown?
BLUE POSTCARDS and TAKING FLIGHT are out today! 🎉🎉🎉 Please pick up a copy from your local bookshop or online, and let us know what you think! 💙🪶 . . . . . #bluepostcardsnovella #takingflightnovella #fairlightmoderns #fairlightbooks #indiepublishing #novellas