PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Katie Bishop is a writer and journalist based in the UK. She grew up in the Midlands before moving to Oxford to work in publishing in her early twenties. Whilst working as an assistant editor she started writing articles in her spare time, going on to be published in the New York Times, Guardian, Independent and Vogue. Katie started writing The Girls of Summer during the first UK COVID lockdown, after becoming increasingly interested in stories emerging from the #MeToo movement. The novel is inspired by her own experiences of backpacking, and by her interest in how our personal narratives can be reshaped and understood in light of cultural and social changes. In 2020, Katie moved back to the Midlands, and now lives in Birmingham with her partner. She is a full-time writer.
Atmospheric and powerful, THE GIRLS OF SUMMER is a propulsive examination of the line blurring trauma and love in a relationship, a distinction which - in a post #MeToo world - is more important than ever * Carola Lovering, author of TELL ME LIES * Scorching and sexy, it lures you in then shakes you up. A very timely read about consent and control. LOVED IT * Nikki May, author of WAHALA * Smart, tense and on-the-nose about shame and coercion and the way we force our own painful histories into a narrative we can live with. * Tammy Cohen, author of THE WEDDING PARTY * Such a clever, subtle, simmering read of a sun-drenched summer romance that is not all it seems. Timely, powerful, and must-read material around consent and buried trauma * Claire Daverley * An absolutely scorching debut deftly mixing the glamour of an island holiday with shadows of coercive control. One of the best psychological thrillers I've read this year * Alice Clark-Platts, author of THE FLOWER GIRLS *
