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August 2019 | REDONLINE.CO.UKExpectation
by Anna
Hope
(Doubleday,
£12.99,
out 11th July)
After university,
Cate, Lissa
and Hanna are
inseparable and live
a charmed, chaotic
existence in a
houseshare in east
London. However,
10 years later, their
friendship is fraught
and fragmented and
they’ve all settled into lives that are nothing
like they expected. Each of these characters
will resonate with you as Anna Hope captures
what it means to be a woman, with all the
precision of a surgeon’s knife.
THERE’S YOUNG LOVE AND MID-LIFE ANGST IN
SARRA MANNING’S PICK OF THE HOTTEST NEW READSFleishman Is In Trouble
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
(Wildfire, £18.99, out now)
Ugh! Rachel Fleishman is the worst!
A terrible, controlling wife to poor Toby,
unfeeling mother, shameless social climber
and a crazed despot at work. So when
she goes missing,
who can blame
poor Toby for
meeting up with
hot divorcees for
discreet adult fun?
But where is Rachel
and what does she
have to say in her
defence? Smart
and sassy, but
also dark and
scabrous, fans
of Maria Semple
will love this book.Whisper Network
by Chandler Baker
(Sphere, £14.99, out 4th July)
When the CEO of a Dallas law firm
is found dead, Ames Garrett is poised
to take over. But all the female employees
know what Ames is like and decide
that enough is enough. A timely
and apposite #MeToo novel, but
also a clever thriller, which highlights
the many ways in which women are
discriminated against in the workplace.Sweet Sorrow
by David Nicholls
(Hodder & Stoughton, £20, out 11th July)
One Day author David Nicholls is back
with a book that will find its way into your
heart and set up home. Sweet Sorrow
mostly takes place over one hot summer.
Charlie is dreading his exam results and
life at home with his depressed father.
Then he meets funny, formidable Fran and
joins a theatre troupe for a production
of Romeo And Juliet in a bid to win her
heart. This story perfectly captures the
awkwardness and poignancy of first love.The First Time
Lauren Pailing
Died by Alyson
Rudd (HQ, £12.99,
out 11th July)
Lauren Pailing has always
been able to see into other
worlds, but when she has
a fatal accident in her teens,
she is catapulted into one
of them. It happens again in
her 30s when, once again,
Lauren grieves for the loved
one and life she’s left behind.
I guarantee that, thanks
to its unique voice and
premise, The First Time Lauren
Pailing Died is like nothing
you have ever read before.This month’s
best books