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Come and get it

Emma — Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

THE UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING PHENOMENON SUCH A FUN AGE

‘I couldn’t put it down, and I didn’t want to either’ EMILY HENRY
‘The drama is just too juicy – how could anyone resist a binge?’ GUARDIAN
‘Razor-sharp ? Packs a huge emotional punch’ DAILY MAIL

Everything comes at a price. But not everything can be paid for?

Millie is a college student, determined to graduate, get a job and buy a house. Agatha is a visiting professor, researching attitudes towards weddings and money for her new book. The thing is, in Millie’s world, the best material is unfolding behind closed doors.

When Agatha offers Millie an unusual opportunity to make some extra money, the two women find themselves embroiled in a world of vengeful pranks, illicit intrigue and bad behaviour. But how much of themselves are they willing to trade to get what they want?

‘Smart, funny and perceptive’ i
‘A perfect read’ STYLIST
‘Wonderfully immersive, propulsive and beautifully paced’ PAUL HARDING
‘Quiet and intense ? A joy to read’ JESSICA GEORGE
‘Witty and nuanced’ RED
‘[An] incisive novel everyone will be talking about’ TOWN AND COUNTRY

*A 2024 Book of the Year for the Washington Post, New Yorker, Elle, Vulture and Harper’s Bazaar *
* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
* FEARNE COTTON’S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK FOR FEBRUARY *

Come and get it

Emma — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

* THE UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING PHENOMENON SUCH A FUN AGE *‘I couldn’t put it down, and I didn’t want to either’ EMILY HENRY‘Razor-sharp ? Packs a huge emotional punch’ DAILY MAIL‘A page-turning pleasure – stylish, sharp and breathtakingly smart‘ DAISY BUCHANANEverything comes at a price. But not everything can be paid for?Millie wants to graduate, get a job and buy a house. She’s slowly saving up from her job on campus, but when a visiting professor offers her an unusual opportunity to make some extra money, she jumps at the chance. Agatha is a writer, recovering from a break-up while researching attitudes towards weddings and money for her new book. She strikes gold when interviewing the girls in Millie’s dorm, but her plans take a turn when she realises that the best material is unfolding behind closed doors. As the two women form an unlikely relationship, they soon become embroiled in a world of roommate theatrics, vengeful pranks and illicit intrigue – and are forced to question just how much of themselves they are willing to trade to get what they want.Sharp, intimate and provocative, Come and Get It takes a lens to our money-obsessed society in a tension-filled story about desire, consumption and bad behaviour.‘Smart, funny and perceptive’ i‘A perfect read’ STYLIST ‘Wonderfully immersive, propulsive and beautifully paced’ PAUL HARDING ‘Quiet and intense ? A joy to read’ JESSICA GEORGE‘Witty and nuanced’ RED‘[An] incisive novel everyone will be talking about’ TOWN AND COUNTRY

Such a fun age

Emma — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

_______________‘Essential. This year’s hit debut’ – Guardian‘A biting tale of race and class’ – Sunday Times‘I couldn’t put this down’ – Jojo Moyes_______________The instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellerLonglisted for the Booker PrizeA Times, Guardian, Sunday Times, Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Red, Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan Book of the Year_______________When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for ‘kidnapping’ the white child she’s actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right.But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix’s desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know – about themselves, each other, and the messy dynamics of privilege._______________‘Bites into the zeitgeist then spits it out with gusto. You really should read it, ASAP’ – Stylist‘About power dynamics, race, social commentary, and also why and how we are the woman we are’ – Pandora Sykes‘An extraordinarily deft debut, written with wisdom, kindness and sharp humour’ – Daily Mail‘A beautiful tale of how we live now’ – Elizabeth Day_______________A Reese Witherspoon and Zoella Book Club Pick