This International Women’s Day we’re bringing your attention to just a few of the powerful, enigmatic, thoughtful, funny and thrilling reads we have the pleasure of publishing.
We’ll let the praise do the talking.
OTHER PEOPLE MANAGE BY ELLEN HAWLEY
‘Memorable for its examination of the themes of love, loss and family – and Marge’s voice, both no-nonsense and touching’ – Fanny Blake, Daily Mail
‘Rich in the pleasures of good storytelling … so intelligent about the essential raggedness of real lives’ – TLS
‘It is a novel written with exquisite attention to ordinary detail, elevating the everyday into something miraculous … the pages are packed with ordinary wisdom, the hard-won kind, the blistered-hand and aching-back kind, conveyed in a beautiful, spare poetic prose … a tender and beautiful addition to the literary canon, and a mirror for LGBT readers‘ – Joelle Taylor, Irish Times
STAY DAUGHTER BY YASMIN AZAD
‘Open-hearted, often amusing, always vivid and, above all, fascinating’ – Francesca Kay
‘An intriguing, surprising and endlessly fascinating glimpse into the lost and extraordinary lives of supposedly ordinary (and, to Western eyes, largely invisible) people’ – Robert Edric
‘Shows us the humour and heartbreak involved in the complexities and nuances of those born into a traditional world trying to negotiate modernity. It is a profound reflection on the dilemmas that Muslim women faced and are facing as orthodoxy and identity come up against freedom’ – Radhika Coomaraswamy
NEARLY ALL THE MEN IN LAGOS ARE MAD BY
DAMILARE KUKU
‘Captures the experience of navigating the strange and wondrous world of love and intimacy in Africa’s most enigmatic city … Kuku’s stories are delectable and fun, but they also reveal the ridiculousness of gender expectations and the sexual politics that assign men and women rigid roles in intimate relationships’ Guardian
‘Kuku’s provocative debut is a brilliant, witty, punchy account of the messiness of relationships’ – L’Oréal Blackett, Refinery29
‘Witty and utterly enjoyable! At the heart of every story is a juicy scandal waiting to unfold. This is definitely the best of Lagos situationships in three hundred pages’ – Sally Kenneth Dadzie, bestselling author of Stranger In Lagos
THE PARTNER TRACK BY HELEN WAN
‘Wan succeeds in exploring and fictionalizing the timely topics of sexism and racism in workplace politics in a fluent, thought-provoking, and compelling tale’ – Booklist
‘Smart, incisive, and fast-paced, The Partner Track is a sparklingly readable look at the inner workings of a Wall Street law firm – from the vantage point of a brainy, beautiful and self-doubting Asian-American associate’ – Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet
‘An engaging and suspenseful debut’ – The Wall Street Journal
THE EMPRESS BY GIGI GRIFFIS
‘A gem of a novel with a compelling feminist bent … a treat both for the head and the heart‘ – Vaishnavi Patel, New York Times bestselling author of KaiKeyi
‘Quite simply delightful … Gigi Griffis has given us two sisters so spunky and unconventional that we want to crawl into the pages to join them, and palace intrigue enough to keep us turning pages late into the night‘ – Meg Waite Clayton, international bestselling author of The Postmistress of Paris
‘A fresh, fast-paced take on a legendary woman … guaranteed to win Sisi new fans‘ – Evie Dunmore, USA Today bestselling author of Bringing Down the Duke
WOMEN IN WHITE COATS BY OLIVIA CAMPBELL
‘Resolute Elizabeth, self-effacing Lizzie, publicity wooing Sophia: these trailblazers were on a radical quest for nothing less than equality, and as well as the slog and loneliness, Campbell’s intensively researched book captures some of the thrill … paints a rounded picture of each woman’s loves and losses, showing how intimately their private lives shaped their professional’ – Hephzibah Anderson, Mail on Sunday
‘The story of three Victorian women’s triumph over male prejudice in the medical profession … excellent research’ – Leyla Sanai, The Spectator
‘What it took for these women to achieve their dream of becoming registered doctors in the face of determined opposition from the male medical establishment will make you bang your head against a brick wall multiple times… But the women chipped away, in the face of the men’s tantrums which “knew no bounds”, as Olivia Campbell writes in her lively chronicle‘ – Ysenda Maxtone Graham, Daily Mail
HONOR BY THRITY UMRIGAR
‘A powerful, important, unforgettable book’ Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild
‘Honor is a novel of profound depths-cultural, personal, romantic, spiritual. It’s also a story of tremendous grace, both in the understanding it shows its characters and in the ways they navigate a brutal but stunning life’ – Rebecca Makkai
‘Harrowing but important novel’ – Amit Roy, Eastern Eye
‘Powerful punch of a story’ – Good Housekeeping
THE CORPSE FLOWER BY ANNE METTE HANCOCK
‘Ingenious … It demands not to be ignored … Taut, menacing, and intensely thrilling, it never lets go’ – Geoffrey Wansall, The Daily Mail
‘Hancock writes with a razor-sharp pen, wittily and with originality. I simply adore her books’ – Katrine Engberg, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Tenant and The Butterfly House
‘Scandinavian noir at its noirest. It’s hard, maybe unthinkable, to imagine how Hancock will follow it up’ – Kirkus Reviews