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A Friend of the Family

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780140295979

  • Length: 432  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 298g

  • RRP: £8.99

A Friend of the Family

  • The addictive and emotionally satisfying page-turner that will have you hooked

The huge bestseller from the author of Then She Was Gone and The Girls

A stranger in the house can only mean trouble

The London family is in crisis.

Newly-divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he shouldn't.

Prize-winning writer Sean has a hot new girlfriend, and a dose of writer's block.

Their brother Ned has just come back from Australia, leaving his girlfriend behind.

And now they have a new lodger - a mysterious stranger.

But is he the friend this family needs, or a troublemaker they could do without?

'Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient' Sunday Times

'Funny and emotionally satisfying' The Times

'A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish' Heat

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780140295979

  • Length: 432  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 298g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • This book shows Jewell coming into her prime - both funny and emotionally satisfying

    The Times

  • Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient

    Sunday Times

  • A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish . . . Quite possibly her best yet

    Heat

  • Jewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction

    Glamour

  • The perfect summer read

    Marie Claire

  • Jewell's light style can be deceptive; her anatomisation of twenty and thirty-something urban relationships is at times uncomfortably keen . . . It's a lot of fun

    Daily Mail

  • This novel will make you feel warm inside

    New Woman

  • Praise for Lisa Jewell

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  • Addictively readable

    The Times

  • A joy . . . a fun summer read

    Guardian

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About the Author

Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell was born in London. Her first novel, Ralph’s Party, was the bestselling debut novel of 1999. Since then she has published another sixteen novels, most recently a number of dark psychological thrillers, including The Girls and Then She Was Gone (both of which were Richard & Judy Book Club picks) as well as I Found You and Watching You. Lisa is a top ten New York Times and number one Sunday Times bestselling author who has been published worldwide in over twenty-five languages. She lives in north London with her husband, two daughters, two cats, two guinea pigs and the best dog in the world.

Lisa Jewell

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Lisa Jewell on creating characters

Lisa Jewell discusses how she creates characters for her novels
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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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