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Chapters (64)
  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. Dedication
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Chapter Three
  7. Chapter Four
  8. Chapter Five
  9. Chapter Six
  10. Chapter Seven
  11. Chapter Eight
  12. Chapter Nine
  13. Chapter Ten
  14. Chapter Eleven
  15. Chapter Twelve
  16. Chapter Thirteen
  17. Chapter Fourteen
  18. Chapter Fifteen
  19. Chapter Sixteen
  20. Chapter Seventeen
  21. Chapter Eighteen
  22. Chapter Nineteen
  23. Chapter Twenty
  24. Chapter Twenty-One
  25. Chapter Twenty-Two
  26. Chapter Twenty-Three
  27. Chapter Twenty-Four
  28. Chapter Twenty-Five
  29. Chapter Twenty-Six
  30. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  31. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  32. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  33. Chapter Thirty
  34. Chapter Thirty-One
  35. Chapter Thirty-Two
  36. Chapter Thirty-Three
  37. Chapter Thirty-Four
  38. Chapter Thirty-Five
  39. Chapter Thirty-Six
  40. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  41. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  42. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  43. Chapter Forty
  44. Chapter Forty-One
  45. Chapter Forty-Two
  46. Chapter Forty-Three
  47. Chapter Forty-Four
  48. Chapter Forty-Five
  49. Chapter Forty-Six
  50. Chapter Forty-Seven
  51. Chapter Forty-Eight
  52. Chapter Forty-Nine
  53. Chapter Fifty
  54. Chapter Fifty-One
  55. Chapter Fifty-Two
  56. Chapter Fifty-Three
  57. Chapter Fifty-Four
  58. Chapter Fifty-Five
  59. Chapter Fifty-Six
  60. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  61. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  62. Chapter Fifty-Nine
  63. Epilogue
  64. Acknowledgements

I’d also like to thank my adored agent Diana Beaumont, whose insight, talent and support are invaluable, I could not ask for a better advocate or friend. I also send my love and thanks to her colleagues at Marjacq Scripts: Guy, Leah, Phil, Imogen and Sandra. A huge, huge thank you to independent booksellers everywhere, especially Fran at The Margate Bookshop, Gayle at the LRB Bookshop, Gem at The Deal Bookshop, Chrissy at Bookbar, Simon at The Big Green Bookshop, Jo at Red Lion Books, Clare at Harbour Books, the team at Bookish in Crickhowell and the team at Fox Lane Books. It’s an honour and a privilege to have your support as a writer. As a reader—thank you, with all my heart, for all of the brilliant stories you have brought into my life.

Much, much love and thanks to Lauren Bravo, Lucy Vine, Sophie Morris, Grace Plant and Jo West, the darling brave souls who dared to read this when the manuscript—and I—were in pieces. Your insight has shaped this book, and I’m so lucky to have such generous and encouraging friends. Also, a huge thank you to my kind, supportive friend Sheryl Garratt, who, among so many other brilliant things, was the one to introduce me to the London Writers’ Salon. Thanks to Parul, Matt and everyone who wrote this book with me, over Zoom, on dark winter mornings. It’s a pleasure and a privilege to write alongside you, and I think of you all as beloved colleagues.

As always, all my love and thanks to my sisters and my parents, for reading books, sharing books and teaching me everything I know about how to tell stories. Thank you to everyone who read and supported Insatiable, and who listened to You’re Booked and Daisy Is Insatiable (and a huge thank you to all of our wonderful guests).

Enormous thanks to Quince Tree Press and the Carr Estate for so generously allowing me to use a line from JL Carr’s novel, A Month In The Country, as an epigraph.

Being married to a fellow writer can spell disaster, or bliss. I got enormously lucky. ‘Producer’ Dale Shaw, I love you, thank you for your constant sweetness, generosity and empathy, for being the best and wisest comrade, for being prepared to discuss the rhythm of a joke or a line on the sofa, after dinner, when we’re watching Taskmaster. Thank you for letting Harri borrow your birthday.