Writers & Lovers

'Exuberant and affirming, it's funny and immensely clever, emotionally rare and strong. I feel bereft now I've finished' - Tessa Hadley Casey has ended up back in Massachusetts after a devastating love affair. Her mother has just died and she is knocked sideways by grief and loneliness, moving between the restaurant where she waitresses for the Harvard elite and the rented shed she calls home. Her one constant is the novel she has been writing for six years, but at thirty-one she is in debt and directionless, and feels too old to be that way - it’s strange, not be the youngest kind of adult anymore. And then, one evening, she meets Silas. He is kind, handsome, interested. But only a few weeks later, Oscar walks into her restaurant, his two boys in tow. He is older, grieving the loss of his wife, and wrapped up in his own creativity. Suddenly Casey finds herself at the point of a love triangle, torn between two very different relationships that promise two very different futures. Lily King's Writers & Lovers follows Casey in the last days of a long youth, a time when everything - her family, her work, her relationships - comes to a crisis. Hugely moving and impossibly funny, it is a transfixing novel that explores the terrifying and exhilarating leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another. It is a novel about love and creativity, and ultimately it captures the moment when a woman becomes an artist. Funny and heartbreaking, Writers & Lovers by Lily King is the bitingly clever story of Casey, a young writer who has lost her direction in life, until two men step into her world and offer her two very different futures. The New York Times Bestseller 'Captivating, potent, incisive, and wise ' – Madeline Miller, author of Circe 'Extremely funny' – Sunday Times Recently out of a devastating love affair and mourning the loss of her beloved mum, Casey is lost. The novel she has been writing for six years isn't going anywhere, her debt is soaring, and at thirty-one, with all her friends getting married and having kids, she feels too old for things to be this way. Then she meets Silas. He is kind, handsome, interested. But only a few weeks later, Oscar – older, fascinating, troubled – walks into her life, his two boys in tow. Suddenly Casey finds herself at the point of a love triangle, torn between two very different relationships that promise two very different futures. And she's still got to write that book . . . 'Suffused with hopefulness and kindness' – Ann Patchett 'Exquisite' – Sunday Telegraph 'Funny and immensely clever' – Tessa Hadley 'Reading the book feels like waiting for clouds to break – a kind of gorgeous agony' – Guardian 'I loved this book' – Curtis Sittenfeld The New York Times Bestseller ‘captivating, Potent, Incisive, And Wise’ – Madeline Miller, Author Of Circe ‘extremely Funny’ – Sunday Times Recently Out Of A Devastating Love Affair And Mourning The Loss Of Her Beloved Mum, Casey Is Lost. The Novel She Has Been Writing For Six Years Isn’t Going Anywhere, Her Debt Is Soaring, And At Thirty-one, With All Her Friends Getting Married And Having Kids, She Feels Too Old For Things To Be This Way. Then She Meets Silas. He Is Kind, Handsome, Interested. But Only A Few Weeks Later, Oscar – Older, Fascinating, Troubled – Walks Into Her Life, His Two Boys In Tow. Suddenly Casey Finds Herself At The Point Of A Love Triangle, Torn Between Two Very Different Relationships That Promise Two Very Different Futures. And She’s Still Got To Write That Book . . . ‘suffused With Hopefulness And Kindness’ – Ann Patchett ‘exquisite’ – Sunday Telegraph ‘funny And Immensely Clever’ – Tessa Hadley ‘beautiful . . . Reading The Book Feels Like Waiting For Clouds To Break – A Kind Of Gorgeous Agony’ – Guardian ‘i Loved This Book’ – Curtis Sittenfeld