Bad Fruit

LISA JEWELL‘A beautiful, bewitching, unsettling and unputdownable dream of a book . . . .I genuinely loved this, it will stay with me for a long time’

NEW YORK TIMES‘A blistering thriller’

CHRIS WHITAKER‘Impossible to put down’

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Seventeen-year-old Lily has a loving, normal family. So why does it suddenly feel like secrets are stirring? Like Mama is about to crack?

As a storm of memories builds over one stifling summer, Lily must recast everything. What if her house isn’t a home – but a prison? What if her mother isn’t a protector – but a monster . . .

Bold, beautifully told, and bound to keep you turning this pages, this is an unforgettable story about a family gone bad . . ._________________________________________________________________

Readers love getting a taste of :BAD FRUIT

‘Best book I have read in a long long time. Intelligently written, really well paced. I devoured this’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

CLARE MACKINTOSH‘A powerful, hard-hitting and exquisitely written novel’

ABIGAIL DEAN‘Paring-knife sharp . . . Mama is a terrifying, masterful creation’

‘I devoured this, was completely gripped. Beautiful, astounding for a debut novel’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

HARRIET TYCE‘This is a cracker’

OBSERVER‘Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once’

RED‘A riveting novel exploring how family ties can both make us and break us’

‘Beautifully captures your imagination from start to finish’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

CHRIS WHITAKER‘Beautiful, disturbing, impossible to put down. heralds a seriously impressive new talent in Ella King’Bad Fruit

HARPER’S BAZAAR‘Masterful in its evocation of the complexity of mother-daughter relationships . . . a writer to watch’

EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS . . .