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Published 09:48 29 May 2026 BST
Add us as a preferred source on Google »Have you been longing for an escapist read? Something that will transport you to a completely different life, with characters that are so real they practically come off the page?
If so, we have the perfect book recommendation for you, and the Kindle edition is currently on sale for just €1.14.
Writers & Lovers by Lily King is one of the best literary fiction novels I’ve read in a while.
Buy it here for €1.14.
Lily King’s work is funny and heartbreaking, and sucks you into the lives of characters that are flawed and vulnerable in a way that feels so refreshingly real.
The book follows Casey Peabody, an achingly vulnerable protagonist in the process of writing her own novel, all while battling with the grief of losing her mother. Full of beautiful prose, the 2020 novel will have you rooting for Casey every step of the way, and will hook you so deeply that you'll forget the characters you've grown to love aren't real people.
“I don’t write because I think I have something to say. I write because if I don’t, everything feels even worse.”
“Blindsided by her mother’s sudden death, and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child golf prodigy, she now waits tables in Harvard Square and rents a tiny, moldy room at the side of a garage where she works on the novel she’s been writing for six years."
"At thirty-one, Casey is still clutching onto something nearly all her old friends have let go of: the determination to live a creative life. When she falls for two very different men at the same time, her world fractures even more. Casey’s fight to fulfill her creative ambitions and balance the conflicting demands of art and life is challenged in ways that push her to the brink.”
You can buy Writers & Lovers here.
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