The Favourite

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*PRE-ORDER* the unmissable new novel from Fran Littlewood, the New York Times bestselling author of Read With Jenna pick Amazing Grace Adams: a story of three grown sisters, whose father – in a moment of crisis – accidentally lets slip that he has a favourite daughter…’Fran Littlewood is an expert chronicler of family dynamics . . . Once I picked up The Favourite, I did not want to put it down until the last page was turned.’ LOTTIE HAZELL, author of Piglet‘Littlewood writes like a wilder, more breathless Claire Lombardo . . . Set over the course of a family reunion that goes very wrong, The Favourite is a layered, textured story about the reverberations of the past and secrets in a family. Wonderful and very funny. I LOVED it.’GEORGINA MOORE, author of The Garnett GirlsAlex, Nancy and Eva Fisher. Three grown-up sisters; each wonderful and imperfect in their own individual ways. And loved equally by their parents, Vivienne and Patrick.Or so they thought.When a near-disaster strikes during a family party, Patrick inadvertently lets slip that he has a favourite daughter. And while they try to gloss over it, this almost-accident begins the unravelling of everything the sisters thought they knew. As their past is re-examined, secrets and lies are uncovered, and, slowly, the close-knit Fisher clan starts to implode in a way they could never have dreamed possible.Set over a single week’s holiday, The Favourite is a witty, tender, sharply observed portrait of the highs and lows that shape a family over the decades. A story about rivalries and regret and blame, about memory and identity, and above all, about love – at its messiest and most joyous. PRAISE FOR AMAZING GRACE ADAMS ‘Littlewood writes with ferocity and compassion about . . . the impossibility of spinning all the plates that modern life expects us to manage. Read it and weep (then cheer)’ THE TIMES ‘A rip-roaring, empowering story of redemption, discovery and starting over. Glorious’ DAILY EXPRESS ‘I just adored this . . . An unforgettable read’ LIANE MORIARTY ‘Compelling, funny and poignant. I devoured it’ PAULA HAWKINS ‘Never have I felt more seen’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘I loved it. Vivid, visceral and incredibly emotional. I laughed and sobbed’ TIM MINCHIN

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