Nothing Serious

Always emotionally intelligent and thought-provoking. Raw and compelling * Daily Mail * A thought-provoking, quietly devastating novel about loneliness and what people will do to belong * Red, 'Best Books of January 2024' * Sharp, sublime, and achingly hopeful. Nothing Serious takes an honest and heartfelt look at loneliness and longing, friendship and survival. I loved it -- Chris Whitaker, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>We Begin at the End</i> A searing exploration into the shape of loneliness and how far we'll go to create connections -- Heather Darwent, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Things We Do To Our Friends</i> An emotive insight into the consequences of bruising loneliness, Nothing Serious is a powerful tale of a skewed but hopeful friendship through which two very different women find the courage to survive -- Amy Beashel, author of <i>Spilt Milk</i> WHAT. A. BOOK. I don't think I've ever read anything quite like it before, I was utterly gripped from the first page. I loved Emma's characters, they felt real and balanced, flawed and relatable. Such a perfectly relevant read, and one that I think people will be talking about/thinking over for a long time after they finish reading -- Lisa Hall, bestselling author of <i>Between You and Me</i> Magnetic, raw and powerful, this is a compulsive novel about loneliness and connection that will stay with me a long time -- Katie Lumsden, author of <i>The Secrets of Hartwood Hall</i>