PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Stacey Halls was born in 1989 and grew up in Rossendale, Lancashire. She studied journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and has written for publications including the Guardian, Stylist, Psychologies, the Independent, the Sun and Fabulous. Her first book, The Familiars, was the bestselling debut hardback novel of 2019, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Debut Book of the Year. The Foundling, her second, was a Sunday Times bestseller, as was her third Mrs England. Mrs England was longlisted for the Portico Prize, the Walter Scott Prize and won the Women's Prize Futures Award.
With warm and artful prose this is a story richly realised and sympathetically imagined, making THE HOUSEHOLD undoubtedly my favourite novel written by Stacey Halls so far, whose writing goes from strength to strength. I loved it. * Susan Stokes Chapman, Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora * This novel is the very definition of unputdownable. I loved every one of the women connected to Urania Cottage. Original, engrossing and so true to life. My favourite Stacey Halls novel yet. * Louise Hare * I devoured The Household by Stacey Halls. Meticulously researched and thoroughly entertaining, I was struck most of all by its hopefulness: about forgiveness, friendship, the choices we make and the opportunity for a second (or third) chance. This is undoubtedly Stacey Halls' best novel yet - I can't wait to see what she writes next. * Elizabeth Macneal, bestselling author of THE DOLL FACTORY * Stacey Halls' most ambitious and brilliant book so far. Complex and brilliantly-drawn characters and, at its heart, a message of friendship and hope. A triumph. * Anna Mazzola * I loved The Household. Moving expertly between perspectives and locations, it is full of heart, humaneness and menace. I enjoyed every second. * Beth Underdown * Meticulously researched and compelling. * Red magazine * Inspired by real people who resided at Charles Dickens' home for fallen women. Elegant prose keeps the reader enthralled. * Prima magazine * Compelling and richly detailed. * Good Housekeeping * Based on real-life events, this captivating tale explores kindness, sacrifice and challenges societal norms. * Woman *
