Traditionally, women share their secrets with their hairdressers. But what about their manicurists, masseurs, chi gong teachers, and tattoo artists? In Damage Control, women wax poetic about the experts and gurus who help them love themselves, sharing stories of everything from friendships born in the make-up chair to the utter dismay of a truly horrible haircut.Minnie Driver finally meets a Frenchman who understands her hair . . . and tries to teach her not to hate it.

'Literary, thrilling, hugely funny, with a massive heart' SARA PASCOE'So wild and gripping' DAVID NICHOLLS'I tore through it' NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS'A ferocious coming-of-age story' EMMA JANE UNSWORTH'A truly beautiful story about longing and London' DAISY BUCHANANGail is in trouble at school. Saint Saviours, the exclusive private girls school that she attends on a scholarship, cannot contain her. Impulsive, bored and looking for someone to ad...

The Autumn Radio 2 Book Club Pick**A Grazia Book of the Year'**Honest, provocative and disarmingly funny' Guardian'Charming, witty and touching, an Eighties Breakfast at Tiffany's' DAVID NICHOLLS'Dazzling ... I'm incoherent with love for it' MARIAN KEYES'Elegant, sexy, tender, wild ... A beautiful, beautiful book' EMMA JANE UNSWORTH, author of AN...

____________'Shrewd, cool, sure and insightful' - Independent'A literary Lolita' - Vanity Fair'Electric, irreverent prose. When people talk about voice, this is what they mean' - Ethan Hawke'A gorgeous novel' - Julie Burchill____________In Sadie's head, she's a novelist. In real life, she spends her day searching for the ulti...

'Beautiful' Nigella Lawson'I adored it' Dolly Alderton'Wonderful' Lisa Taddeo'Intoxicating' Abi MorganWhat happens when your story doesn't end the way you thought it would?When you realise - after getting married and having a baby - that you chose wrong?When the life you dreamt of becomes something you must walk away from?And when you then find yourself not lone...

____________'In Ruby, Forrest has created a Holden Caufield for our shallow, celebrity-obsessed, self-absorbed times ... worthy of Bret Easton Ellis or Jay McInerney. If you ever thought about trying to become a star, let Thin Skin be a warning to you' - Jon Ronson____________'My talents are: I knew what I wanted. I knew what I didn't want. I knew at a young age I have the added advantage of scrubbing up...

Meet Viva Cohen: a teenage schoolgirl bombshell. Her bedroom walls are plastered with posters of silver-screen legends, and underneath her school uniform she wears vintage thigh-high stockings. Her best friends are a drugged-out beauty queen and an ageing rock-star, and she lives in London with her gay uncle, Manny. Viva spends her days gate-crashing gigs, skiving her exams and trying to live life as glamorously as her number one icon, Elizabeth Taylor. But then she sets out on a pilgrimag...

_______________'It's difficult to write a convincing tale of depression that's also an entertaining romp, but Forrest has done it' - Sunday Times'An incredibly gifted writer ... I can't remember the last time I ever read such a blistering, transfixing story of obsession, heartbreak and slow, stubborn healing' - Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love'Emma Forrest is as hilarious as she i...

Devastating and dazzling, Royals is the story of an unlikely friendship set against the intoxicating colour and headiness of 1980s London. Radio 2 Book Club Pick.July, 1981. London. Shy, working-class Steven finds solace in beauty. Eighteen years old, he dreams of being a fashion designer. He's also gay, maybe - he hasn't decided yet. There's a lot Steven isn't sure about, like whether he hates himself or thinks he's amazing. When he ends up in hospital after being brutally attacke...

'Literary, thrilling, hugely funny, with a massive heart' SARA PASCOE'So wild and gripping' DAVID NICHOLLS'I tore through it' NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS'A ferocious coming-of-age story' EMMA JANE UNSWORTH'A truly beautiful story about longing and London' DAISY BUCHANANGail is in trouble at school. Saint Saviours, the exclusive private girls school that she attends on a scholarship...

'Beautiful' Nigella Lawson'I adored it' Dolly Alderton'Wonderful' Lisa Taddeo'Intoxicating' Abi MorganWhat happens when your story doesn't end the way you thought it would?When you realise - after getting married and having a baby - that you chose wrong?When the life you dreamt of becomes something you must walk away from?And when you then find yourself not lone...

Digger, an 85-kilo wrestler, and Sadie, a 26-year-old speed swimmer, stand on the verge of realizing every athlete’s dream – winning a gold medal at the Olympics. Both athletes are nearing the end of their careers, and are forced to confront the question: what happens to athletes when their bodies are too worn to compete? The blossoming relationship between Digger and Sadie is tested in the intense months leading up to the Olympics, which, as both of them are painfully aware, will be the r...