- Imprint: Vintage
- ISBN: 9781529957129
- Length: 320 pages
- Price: £9.99
The Times *BEST BOOKS TO READ THIS SUMMER*A brilliant summer read... funny and moving, with characters you feel you really know
Leon Craig, GuardianPoignant and extremely funny, the frictions that ensue are all too believable
India Knight, Sunday TimesIntensely funny… profoundly touching… a very superior literary beach read, the sort of book that you need to finish urgently but that lives on in your head for years
Daisy Jones, Vogue Best Beach Reads 2026Captures the reality of various relationships on the rocks with startling accuracy and emotional intimacy. I laughed, I cried, I couldn’t pull my eyes away
Off Air with Fi and Jane, Times RadioA really great book... the perfect holiday read
Luke Kennard, GuardianPerfectly observed characters in the pressure cooker of an all-inclusive holiday... I loved it
Good HousekeepingPowell excels at writing about the thousands of paper cuts that kill a relationship and does it with humour and honesty
Zoe West, Woman & HomeA brilliantly relatable novel... superb
Kate Wills, SunI loved Claire Powell's poignant and funny novel about a luxury family holiday that is far from idyllic
CloserBeneath the sunshine and glamour old resentments and family tensions simmer... A perfect poolside read
About Claire Powell
Claire Powell is the author of At The Table, which was named one of the best books of 2022 by The Times and Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Critic, Red Magazine and Good Housekeeping. A graduate of the University of East Anglia Creative Writing MA, she was awarded the Malcolm Bradbury Bursary and the Malcolm Bradbury Continuation Prize. Her short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and in 2017 she won the Harper's Bazaar short story contest. She lives with her family in south-east London.
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