Writers & Lovers Lily King

Picador €16.99

At 31, Casey is hardly living the literary dream. Friends are getting hitched and she’s still bedding down in a damp garage, pulling gruelling shifts as a waitress, and sinking beneath unpaid student loans. She’s already invested six years in her first novel when bereavement and heartbreak threaten to derail her. Unflinching and ultimately buoyant in its depiction of the courage and grit required to stay creative, this is essential reading for any aspiring author.