Claire Powell

Elegant, sensitive and sympathetic, All In is rigorously honest, fun-filled and full of Claire Powell’s trademark dry wit

JESSICA STANLEY, author of Consider Yourself Kissed

Quietly devastating. Not a word out of place

SARAH VAUGHAN, author of Anatomy of a Scandal

A beautifully nuanced and completely gripping exploration of love, family and marriage by an exceptionally gifted writer

Brilliantly observed and beautifully written. It takes real genius to turn a believably awful family holiday into a painful, funny and touching examination of a marriage… I loved it

A painfully funny, honest and compassionate novel written with superb precision and psychological acuity

Brilliant… expertly drawn family drama, loveable flawed characters and a very sweet dog… a perfect holiday read

CLAIRE LYNCH, author of A Family Matter 

Irresistible, wry and absorbing, All In is both deeply fun and wildly compelling... A heartstopper of a novel

Deeply funny and jaw-droppingly emotionally astute... By turns melancholy, sexy, existential, hilarious - tautly encapsulated in the all-inclusive purgatory of a luxury holiday

'An incredible new talent' Marian Keyes 
 
A marriage on the rocks. A family in disarray. A weekend in the sun at a luxury, all-inclusive hotel. What could possibly go wrong? 
 
Jo and Dave haven't had a holiday in years. They've had other things on their plate: failed IVF, the death of Dave's mother, doing up the bathroom. 
 
So when Dave’s flashy brother Teddy offers to fly in from Dubai and take them – along with his gorgeous young girlfriend and their curmudgeonly father – to a beachfront resort in the Med, the couple can hardly refuse. 
 
But while romance might be on the cards for some, Jo and Dave soon find that tensions don't disappear in paradise. In fact, they might just get worse... 
 
Set over the course of one scorching weekend, All In is a compulsively entertaining and bittersweet novel that asks: when life gets choppy, how does love stay afloat? 
 
 
PRAISE FOR At the Table 
'The kind of rare story you want to nosedive into on a hot hungover weekend and slurp down like iced-coffee – cold, sweet and quenching… a summer read to devour with suncream and spilt rosé – and then lend to your mum or your daughter’ The Times, NOVEL OF THE SUMMER 
 
'An assured, exquisitely drawn novel that fans of Sorrow and Bliss will adore’ Red, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 
 
‘Powell is a fantastic writer who exercises perfect control. Every detail is forensically, sympathetically observed’ Daily Mail, BEST READ OF THE SUMMER 
 
'Really funny. A fantastic read' Simon Mayo, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 
 
'An exquisitely observed story of modern family dynamics’ Vogue

Claire Powell

Praise for All In

Elegant, sensitive and sympathetic, All In is rigorously honest, fun-filled and full of Claire Powell’s trademark dry wit

Quietly devastating. Not a word out of place

A beautifully nuanced and completely gripping exploration of love, family and marriage by an exceptionally gifted writer

Elegant, sensitive and sympathetic, All In is rigorously honest, fun-filled and full of Claire Powell’s trademark dry wit

Quietly devastating. Not a word out of place

A beautifully nuanced and completely gripping exploration of love, family and marriage by an exceptionally gifted writer

Elegant, sensitive and sympathetic, All In is rigorously honest, fun-filled and full of Claire Powell’s trademark dry wit

Quietly devastating. Not a word out of place

A beautifully nuanced and completely gripping exploration of love, family and marriage by an exceptionally gifted writer

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