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Esther Freud's Sunday Times-bestselling work has sold over 160,000 copies through UK TCM; her now classic debut novel Hideous Kinky was adapted for a film starring Kate Winslet My Sister and Other Lovers will delight fans of Tessa Hadley's Free Love (TCM: 18,500), Rebecca Wait's I'm Sorry You Feel That Way (TCM: 28,000) and Meg Mason's Sorrow and Bliss (TCM: 200,000) A powerful portrait of growing up in Seventies counterculture and a riveting exploration of family history and the unique bonds between sisters, My Sister and Other Lovers will make you laugh and cry Esther Freud is the author of nine previous novels, and her work has been translated into thirteen languages. Her first novel Hideous Kinky was made into a film starring Kate Winslet. After publishing her second book she was selected as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists. Her other novels include The Sea House, Mr Mac and Me, and I Couldn’t Love You More. Freud's first full length play, Stitchers, was produced in London in 2018; her first book for children, Enchanted Beach, will be published in the summer of 2025.

A captivating coming-of-age novel about love, sisterhood, secrets and betrayal

'Slender, perfect and sparkling ... I'm stricken with love for this book' Meg Mason
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For as long as Lucy can remember she’s been caught between love for her rootless, idealistic mother and devotion to her fierce and exacting sister, Bea. From their unsettled childhood to their restless teenage years – hitchhiking through rural Ireland, the move to a communal house – she’s been forced to make a choice.

But as the girls come of age and embark on their own experiments – in love, drugs, work, motherhood – Bea is in danger of drifting further and further away. Can their loyalty to one another transcend the damages of a past that has become almost too dangerous to examine?

With scalpel-sharp insight, Esther Freud excavates the most intimate relationships of our lives, laying bare the fear and longing, the secrets and mistrust. My Sister and Other Lovers is an irresistible exploration of love, family and freedom in all its forms.

A captivating coming-of-age novel about love, sisterhood, secrets and betrayal

From now on, whenever I hear anyone refer to anything as "Freudian" I am going to assume they mean prose that's slender and perfect and sparkling. I'm stricken with love for this book A coming-of-age portrait of sisterhood and betrayal from the author of Hideous Kinky Praise for Esther Freud: ‘Freud is a modern literary rarity: a born storyteller As close to a perfect novel as anything I’ve read in a long time. I loved every page of it We know we’re alive because of the stories we tell each other, and the things we make, and the people we love, and that’s all we ever get. Freud knows that, and it is good to be reminded The sharp intimacy of the writing is ... full of compassion and a profound decency In a culture which dins with brashness and self-advertisement, attending to Esther Freud's still, truthful voice becomes not only a pleasure but a necessity Exquisite ... Delivers an emotional punch that left me in tears You will weep with happiness and sadness I read it non-stop through the night, finding myself simultaneously uplifted and wrung out by the emotional power of the story and by its ambitious social and historical range. It couldn't be better Beautiful, moving, wonderful Freud is a consummate novelist. Her work is always intensely imagined and vividly observed, her characters alive … her story page-turning, complex and emotionally satisfying

A captivating coming-of-age novel about love, sisterhood, secrets and betrayal