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One-hit Wonder

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780140295962

  • Length: 464  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 35mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 500g

  • RRP: £8.99

One-hit Wonder

  • From the bestselling author of Invisible Girl

An emotional, uplifting story about sisters, secrets, and second chances, from No. 1 bestselling author of Richard & Judy pick THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS

Bee Beahorn had it all - a successful music career, fabulous friends, and a glamorous celebrity lifestyle.

At least, that's what her estranged sister, Ana, had always believed.

Their lives were worlds apart. Bea was beautiful, extravagant and full of life. Ana was awkward, shy, and destined to live in Bea's shadow.

But when Bea is found dead in her flat, Ana realises that everything she knew about her sister had been a lie.

Ana is determined to find out the truth about her sister - and she might just find herself along the way . . .
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'A compelling story packed with intriguing characters' The Times

'Written with intelligence, verve and wit . . . a triumph' Hello

'Inventive and moving, with definite charms and a real sense of poignancy' Sunday Times

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780140295962

  • Length: 464  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 35mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 500g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • Sophisticated . . . Jewell can't help but tell a compelling story packed with intriguing characters

    The Times

  • Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun

    Sunday Express

  • Written with intelligence, verve and wit . . . a triumph

    Hello

  • Inventive and moving . . . a story with definite charms and a real sense of poignancy

    Sunday Times

  • Top marks. Fantastic

    Heat

  • A perceptive, tears-trickling-down-the-side-of-your-nose-on-the-bus brilliant read

    Company

  • Moving and intelligent

    Independent

  • A poignant tale of life, love and loss

    Mirror

  • Traditional, light-hearted romantic fiction at its best

    Literary Review

  • Poignant and humorous

    Now

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About the Author

Lisa Jewell

LISA JEWELL was born in London in 1968. Her first novel, Ralph's Party, was the best- selling debut novel of 1999. Since then she has written another eighteen novels, most recently a number of dark psychological thrillers, including The Girls, Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs (all of which were Richard & Judy Book Club picks). Lisa is a New York Times and Sunday Times number one bestselling author who has been published worldwide in over twenty-five languages. She lives in north London with her husband, two teenage daughters, one cat, one guinea pig and the best dog in the world.

Lisa Jewell

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Events

Ashley Audrain and Lisa Jewell in conversation with Daisy Buchanan, 1st February 2021
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Features

Lisa Jewell on how she got her first novel published

'Dreams can come true': the bestselling author tells us how her first novel, Ralph's Party, got published
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Extracts

The Girls by Lisa Jewell

Dark secrets and a devastating mystery: read an extract from Jewell's gripping new novel

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