Darling

byIndia Knight, Sophie Winkleman (Read by)

A razor-sharp, gloriously funny retelling of Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love

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Marooned in a sprawling farmhouse in Norfolk, teenage Linda Radlett feels herself destined for greater things. She longs for love, but how will she ever find it? She can't even get a signal on her mobile phone. Linda's strict, former rock-star father terrifies any potential suitors away, while her bohemian mother, wafting around in silver jewellery, answers Linda's urgent questions about love with upsettingly vivid allusions to animal husbandry.

When Linda eventually moves to London, she doesn't want to marry 'a man who looks like a pudding', as her good and dull sister Louisa has done, and marries the flashy, handsome son of a UKIP peer instead. But love, and her new life in London, are not quite what she expected . . .
It takes a brave author to attempt a contemporary reimagining of such a beloved novel. Luckily, India Knight [...] has courage and talent in spades ... It's beautifully and meticulously done, echoing the detail of the original plot as far as feasible, but with contemporary twists ... Knight is warmer than Mitford, and more comforting
Sunday Times

About India Knight

India Knight is the author of four novels: Darling, Mutton, Comfort and Joy, Don't You Want Me? and My Life on a Plate. Her most recent book is India Knight's Beauty Edit. She is a columnist for the Sunday Times, and author of the Substack newsletter Home. She lives in Suffolk.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780241991404
  • Length: 480 minutes
  • Price: £13.00
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