‘Utterly fascinating’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘A profound, rich document’NEW STATESMAN

‘An act of intimate storytelling’VOGUE

A recently discovered journal from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights.

A pile of neatly typed pages was found in Joan Didion's office after her death. She had meticulously recorded her weekly sessions with a psychiatrist. As far as anyone knows, the pages had been read by only one other person: Didion's husband, John Gregory Dunne.

The sessions began as a method of dealing with the heartbreaking alcoholism of their adult daughter, Quintana. Discussions broadened into revelations about Didion's own childhood, longstanding behaviour patterns, marriage, guilt, work and 'what's been worth'.

Writing was the way Didion dealt with life. Notes to John presents a riveting account of the therapeutic process, crafted with the singular intelligence, precision and elegance that characterise all of her work.

‘Compulsive reading … what an experience it is, watching Didion beat back tragedy with her brilliant mind’TELEGRAPH

‘An incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression and creativity’GUARDIAN

‘So moving … a record of trying to save a life, and understand her own’NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

‘A chance to meet Didion's gaze head-on, eye to eye, with only a waft of cigarette smoke breaking the silence’ANOTHER

‘An intimate chronicle … offers readers a key to Didion's persona and her work’NPR

'Notes to John' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.

A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks’ “Love Song to the Nation” trilogy.  All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. Here is the truth about love, and inspiration to help us instill caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces.

“The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet we would all love better if we used it as a verb,” writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in  All About Love. Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal,  renowned scholar, cultural critic, and feminist bell hooks offers a proactive new ethic for a society bereft with lovelessness-not the lack of romance, but the lack of care, compassion, and unity. People are divided, she declares, by society’s failure to provide a model for learning to love.  

As  bell  hooks  uses her incisive mind to explore the question “What is love?” her answers strike at both the mind and heart. Razing the cultural paradigm that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire, she provides a new path to love that is sacred, redemptive, and healing for individuals and for a nation. The  Utne Reader  declared bell hooks one of the “100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life.”  All About Love  is a powerful, timely affirmation of just how profoundly her revelations can change hearts and minds for the better.  

“Each offering from bell hooks is a major event, as she has so much to give us.”  -  Maya Angelou

‘A profound, rich document’ NEW STATESMAN

‘An act of intimate storytelling’ VOGUE

A recently discovered journal from one of America’s most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights

In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had ‘a rough few years’. She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne.

For several months, Didion recorded conversations with the psychiatrist in meticulous detail. The initial sessions focused on alcoholism, adoption, depression, anxiety, guilt, and the heartbreaking complexities of her relationship with her daughter, Quintana. The subjects evolved to include her work, which she was finding difficult to maintain for sustained periods. There were discussions about her own childhood – misunderstandings and lack of communication with her mother and father, her early tendency to anticipate catastrophe – and the question of legacy, or, as she put it, ‘what it’s been worth’. The analysis would continue for more than a decade.

Didion’s journal was crafted with the singular intelligence, precision, and elegance that characterize all of her writing. It is an unprecedently intimate account that reveals sides of her that were unknown, but the voice is unmistakably hers – questioning, courageous, and clear in the face of a wrenchingly painful journey.

‘An incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression, and creativity’ GUARDIAN

‘Written with the immediacy of fresh recollection ? and with the cool, forensic clarity she was known for’ NEW YORKER

‘Compulsive ? it shows Didion the reporter at work’ TELEGRAPH

‘An intimate chronicle ? Notes to John offers readers a key to Didion’s persona and her work’ NPR

‘Perhaps for the first time, we can hope to see Didion as she saw the world: unwavering and unflinching, straight down the line’ AnOTHER

‘Essential, clever and kind’ Alain de Botton

‘I am a huge admirer of Julia’s work’ Elizabeth Day
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In her bestselling follow-up to Grief Works and This Too Shall Pass, much-loved psychotherapist Julia Samuel invites us into her sessions as she explores the relationships that have the power to touch us and hurt us most: those with our family.

Through eight beautifully told case studies, covering a variety of families across multiple generations, she analyses common issues from losing a parent to children leaving home, and from separation to step-relationships. In doing so she shows how much is, in fact, inherited — and how much can be healed when it is faced together.

Every Family Has A Story provides the tools that will help with this work of improving our relationships. Its twelve touchstones for family well-being show how to communicate effectively, set boundaries, fight productively and allow change.

This is a wise and insightful exploration of modern life that will help us create the families we wish for.
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‘Julia Samuel writes with unfailing grace, tenderness and consummate storytelling. Everyone who reads this will learn something profound’ Rachel Clarke

‘Julia Samuel offers vivid insights in a book for all families… I was utterly drawn in’ Kathryn Mannix

‘Fascinating… Julia Samuel’s compassionate work never fails to inform, comfort and make me think’ Pandora Sykes

‘A wise and important book, full of insight into the pain and beauty at the heart of family life… I loved it’ Clover Stroud

‘Julia Samuel is so wise and compassionate. I love every word she writes’ Cathy Rentzenbrink

‘So clear and true … Helpful for all relationships in life’ Nigella Lawson

‘A fascinating read on the emotional baggage we all carry’ Elizabeth Day
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How can we have better relationships?

In this Sunday Times bestseller, leading psychotherapist Philippa Perry reveals the vital do’s and don’ts of relationships. This is a book for us all. Whether you are interested in understanding how your upbringing has shaped you, looking to handle your child’s feelings or wishing to support your partner, you will find indispensable information and realistic tips in these pages. Philippa Perry’s sane, sage and judgement-free advice is an essential resource on how to have the best possible relationships with the people who matter to you most.

Featuring exclusive new chapter on sibling relationships.
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‘It gave me hope as a new parent’ Babita Sharma

‘This has genuinely had such a positive impact on my life and my relationship with my daughter’ Josh Widdicombe

‘She writes with an inquisitive elegance rarely found in parenting guides … it is forgiving and persuasive’ Hadley Freeman, the Guardian

‘Philippa Perry is one of the wisest, most sane and secure people I’ve ever met’ Decca Aitkenhead, Sunday Times Magazine

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read has sold over 1.3 million copies worldwide since publication, BBVA March 2024
Philippa Perry, Sunday Times bestseller, October 2023