Tessa Hadley

An irresistible novella about two sisters and a night that changes everything, from the master chronicler of our heart's hidden desires. Evelyn had the surprising thought that bodies were sometimes wiser than the people inside them. She'd have liked to impress somebody with this idea, but couldn't explain it. On a winter Saturday night in post-war Bristol, sisters Moira and...

The dazzling new collection of stories from the prize-winning author of The Past and The London Train. The dazzling collection of stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Free Love and Late in the Day. WINNER OF THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance and a new baby. A housekeeper caring for a helpless...

An irresistible story about two sisters and a night that changes everything, from the master chronicler of our heart's hidden desires. On a winter Saturday night in post-war Bristol, sisters Moira and Evelyn, on the cusp of adulthood, go to an art students' party in a dockside pub; there they meet two men, Paul and Sinden, whose air of worldliness...

Alone with a Book is a glorious celebration of reading deeply and seeing the world and ourselves reflected back to us in art, in the first non-fiction from Tessa Hadley. 'Tessa Hadley is a great writer, and if it's possible, an even better reader' – Zadie Smith In this rich and engaging collection of essays, Tessa Hadley reflects on a...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a compulsively readable novel about a suburban housewife's reawakening in 1960s London. 'Tessa Hadley is my favourite author' KATE ATKINSON It's 1967 and London is alive with the new youth revolution. In the suburbs, meanwhile, Phyllis Fischer inhabits a world of conventional stability. Married with two children, her life is both comfortable and...

Sunday Times bestseller Tessa Hadley explores the big consequences of small events in this new collection. Sunday Times bestseller Tessa Hadley explores the big consequences of small events in this new collection. 'Tessa Hadley is my favourite author' – KATE ATKINSON Heloise's father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her...