Cressida Connolly

Bad Relations
- Cressida Connolly
A rich, immersive novel about three generations of one family, by the author of AFTER THE PARTY - available for pre-order now

BAD RELATIONS tells the story of a family fractured by history, geography and desire. On the battlefields of the Crimea, William Gale cradles the still-warm body of his brother. William's experience of war is to bring about a change in him that will reverberate through his family over the next two centuries. In the 1970s, William's English descendants invite Stephen, a distant Australian cousin, to stay in their bohemian house in Cornwall - but their golden summer entanglements will end in a dramatic fall from grace. Half a century later, a confrontation between the surviving members of the family culminates in a terrible reckoning.

Cressida Connolly's magnificent new novel is a tale of a tragedy that seeps through generations, and a family forced to confront what they truly value in life.

RELEASED 19/05/2022

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Cressida Connolly: The literary sisters who inspired me

Novelist Cressida Connolly reflects on the work of writers from Margaret Atwood to Chekhov, whose depictions of literary sisters inspired her as she wrote and researched After the Party.

Cressida Connolly is a reviewer and journalist, who has written for Vogue, The Telegraph, the Spectator, The Guardian and numerous other publications. Cressida is the author of three books: The Happiest Days, which won the MacMillan/PEN Award, The Rare and the Beautiful and My Former Heart. Cressida is the daughter of writer Cyril Connolly. In 1985 she married Worcestershire farmer Charles Hudson. They have three children.

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Cressida Connolly

Bad Relations