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SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS NEW BOOKS GUARANTEED TO GIVE YOU A FRESH PERSPECTIVE, NO MATTER HOW YOU’RE FEELING
WHEN YOU NEED TO FEEL LESS ALONE
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman Friends and hosts of podcast Call Your Girlfriend, Sow and Friedman celebrate the power of this underappreciated bond. A life-affirming guide to creating and preserving great friendships.
WHEN YOU NEED STRENGTH Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore After an oil rigger is charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl in 197Os Texas, the town is split – those who believe he’s guilty and those who think she brought it on herself. This compulsive debut follows a group of women rallying to survive a series of violent blows.
FOR FRETFUL DAYS WHEN YOU CAN’T SETTLE How Do We Know We’re Doing It Right? by Pandora Sykes What does living our best life look like now? In witty essays, ELLE writer Sykes explores the messy anxieties of modern existence.
WHEN IT’S ALL GONE A BIT TITS UP Coming Undone by Terri White What happens when you seem to have it all but your life is actually unravelling at speed? This is a raw memoir of the struggle to hold everything together.
WHEN YOUR LOVE LIFE GOES WRONG The Harpy by Megan Hunter When Lucy’s husband’s affair is revealed, they agree that she will hurt him three times to even the score. But will this vengeful game change her beyond recognition?
WHEN YOU’RE IN A TEENAGE STROP The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante Set in Naples, just like Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend, failing family relationships and teenage angst cause 12-year-old Giovanna to rebel from her liberal parents in this tale of painful adolescence.
WHEN YOUR LOINS
ARE BURNING
Belladonna by Anbara Salam Reminiscent of the steamy passion found in The Talented Mr Ripley, this debut novel is a beguiling whirlwind of young love and obsession, set in 195Os northern Italy. Lodged in a convent of nuns, Bridget and Isabella ignite in fragile intimacy.
FOR DAYS WHEN YOU LONG TO FEEL CERTAIN The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett After Bennett’s much-praised debut The Mothers comes this story of estranged twins. When the sisters accidentally reunite, they discover just how different their lives have become.