WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? by Daisy May Cooper
Release date November 5th
Mary's husband unexpectedly leaves her after forty-five years. At the same time, Emma finally finds the courage to do a runner from hers. For the first time in years, mother and daughter find themselves living under one roof in the Cornish fishing village of Polperro, along with eight-year-old Ivy (and her beloved stuffed giraffe, Tw*t). They have returned to Mary's childhood home after the recent death of her mother. But as they navigate their new lives and attempt to reconnect with one another, long-forgotten family truths begin to surface. Going home was never part of the plan; neither was digging up the past. Warm and wickedly funny, Daisy May Cooper brings her trademark dark humour to her twisty and touching debut novel.
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Irresistible Monsters : Creatures in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes
Release date 4th March 2027, signed copies from the event at Warwick Arts Centre 6th March
From snaky Echidna – half-nymph, half snake and mother of monsters – to the fearsome bull-headed Minotaur, the strange and terrible creatures of Greek myth have been grabbing our attention for thousands of years. In Irresistible Monsters, bestselling author, broadcaster and passionate classicist Natalie Haynes turns her inimitable gaze on the inhuman, and reveals that even the things we thought we knew aren’t necessarily so: a Cyclops doesn’t always have one eye, Cerberus doesn’t start out with three heads and why might the Sphinx enjoy kidnapping handsome young men? Along the way, she examines how we think about monsters: what makes a monster, and why do we need them? Why is the Chimera – hybrid of goat, snake and lion – a monster while Pegasus the winged horse is not? Was Scylla always sharp-toothed and dog-bellied? Do monsters subvert the world as we know it, or subtly reinforce our expectations? Is a monster human or animal, mortal or divine? And how do you defeat a multi-headed snake when it has a giant crab as its henchman?
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