The Household
The utterly captivating, page-turning Sunday Times bestseller from the author of THE FAMILIARS
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bonnier Books Ltd
Published:27th Feb '25
Should be back in stock very soon
The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award
'Absorbing' Sunday Times
'Acutely observed and beautifully written' Daily Mail
'A writer of great originality' Kate Mosse
'Compelling' Good Housekeeping
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, SET AGAINST CHARLES DICKENS' HOME FOR FALLEN WOMEN
The house she was promised, is the first clean page in a new book for girls like her . . .
1847, Shepherds Bush. Charles Dickens' home for fallen women is about to open its doors. Part refuge, part reformatory, the house and its location are top secret. Among it first inmates are Martha, arrived from a shelter for prostitutes, and Josephine, a convicted thief. But faced with the chance to redeem themselves, how badly do they want it?
Across town, in her Piccadilly mansion, Dickens' friend, the millionaire Angela Burdett Coutts, receives news that turns her orderly world upside down. Her stalker has been freed from prison, and she knows it's only a matter of time before their nightmarish game resumes once more.
As the women's worlds collide in ways they could never have expected, they will discover that freedom always comes at a price . . .
'Meticulously researched and compelling' Red
'Exquisitely written . . . full of heart and hope' Fabulous
'This novel is the very definition of unputdownable' Louise Hare
'Undoubtedly Halls' best novel yet ' Elizabeth Macneal
*Sunday Times bestseller 19.04.25*
*Winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award 2022- https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/editors-choice-book-reviews/a41610537/stacey-halls-winner-futures-award/*
Absorbing . . . Halls weaves together the elements of her story with great skill * The Sunday Times, best historical fiction of 2024 *
Compelling . . . As ever, Halls's story-telling is acutely observed and beautifully written * Daily Mail *
Stacey Halls is a writer of great originality, great imagination and great sense of place. Atmospheric, intelligent, accessible, every novel is worth reading, then reading again and again -- Kate Mosse
Compelling and richly detailed * Good Housekeeping *
With warm and artful prose this is a story richly realised and sympathetically imagined, making THE HOUSEHOLD undoubtedly my favourite novel written by Stacey Halls so far, whose writing goes from strength to strength. I loved it -- Susan Stokes-Chapman, Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora
ISBN: 9781838778507
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 24mm
Weight: 296g
400 pages