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A captivating novel about sisterhood, secrets, betrayal, and love.
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'Esther Freud is that rare thing - a writer who trust the intelligence of her readers. My Sister and Other Lovers details the profound and complex nature of love and family. Spare, moving and beautifully written.' Jo Jo Moyes
'Delicate and profound' Tracy Chevalier
'Reading 'Other Lovers' is a non-stop delight, for all its subtly realized painful sequences. To misquote the author, I 'couldn't love it more'. Firstly, to be back in the company of those little-girl sisters of 'Hideous Kinky', now from teenage to fully grown women, makes one want to clap hands and dance. All so beautifully evoked; Brilliant, troubled Bea, dark with rage against her mother; the mother beguiling, self-centred, infuriating, yet stalwart against all odds. And Lucy, the eternal go-between. The writing is often vividly sensual. The progress from watery tinned tomato spag. to that dense, simmered-down puree on toast is positively mouth watering; the camaraderie of the Intensive Care children's ward; the scene shifts from Parisian markets to Caribbean beachfronts, to freezing Scottish manor houses and the ever-changing rental dumps approached with damp feet. And, oh, the procession of transient male persons in Lucy's life, from the self-destructive to the uncommitted. All so perfect.' Barbara Trapido
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Enchanted beach is where we play, through the seasons, blue or grey.
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No day at the beach is ever the same for one boy and his dog.There are storms and sunshine, castles and games, picnics and camping - even hunts for treasure. A world of magic and adventure is waiting all year round.
‘Freud shows how a trail goes cold, how paths diverge. Isn’t this what happens when secrecy trumps common sense? But she also demonstrates the power of women forging ahead, building families they choose, occasionally moving in the same direction as family they’ve been denied. These stories should be told, listened to and remembered’
New York Times
'I devoured it in two sittings, hungrily and impatient for more ... A loving tale of motherhood through the ages, of how badly women have been treated simply for being women. You will weep with happiness and sadness'
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Emma Barnett - woman's hour
Freud's book unpicks the promise of liberation - who enjoys it, who pays the price ... The sharp intimacy of the writing is ... full of compassion and a profound decency'
Sunday Times
'Intensely imagined and vividly observed ... Page-turning, complex and emotionally satisfying'
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Diana Hendry, Spectator
30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION
HIDEOUS KINKY
'Hideous Kinky is a small, beautiful, shining thing I found when I was young and have held onto my entire adult life. It is so dear to me, as a reader and a writer. Meg Mason - author of Sorrow and Bliss.'