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Piglet

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A claustrophobic novel - like a pot boiling over - Piglet charts the gap between how people see themselves and want to be seen. Discover a deliciously dark and piercing story of food and secrets, a Stylist Best Debut Novel. 'A sharp, dark, must-read story about... Read More
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A claustrophobic novel - like a pot boiling over - Piglet charts the gap between how people see themselves and want to be seen.

Discover a deliciously dark and piercing story of food and secrets, a Stylist Best Debut Novel.

'A sharp, dark, must-read story about appetite, ambition, secrecy and shame' - Daily Mail

'If I owned a bookstore, I'd hand-sell Piglet to everyone' - New York Times Book Review

'A dark, weird, satisfying tale about greed and desire' - i News

Her life is so full, so why is she hungry?

For Piglet - an unshakable childhood nickname - getting married is her opportunity to reinvent. Together, Kit and Piglet are the picture of domestic bliss - effortless hosts, planning a covetable wedding...

But if a life looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Thirteen days before they are due to be married, Kit reveals an awful truth, cracking the faΓ§ade Piglet has created. It has the power to strip her of the life she has so carefully built, so smugly shared.

To do something about it would be to self-destruct.

But what will it cost her to do nothing?

As the hours count down to their wedding, Piglet is torn between a growing appetite and the desire to follow the recipe, follow the rules. Surely, with her husband, she could be herself again. Wouldn't it be a waste for everything to curdle now?

Piglet is a searing, unforgettable and original debut which is taking readers by storm.

'Compulsively readable... Delicious, in every sense of the word.' - Elle US

'An insightful, stomach-churning debut novel about the corrosive power of secrets' - Mail on Sunday

'A cunning critique of the expectations that society continues to heap on young women.' - Financial Times

'A debut that needs to be on your radar... A rich, vibrant, visceral book, that is brimming with acerbic wit and mouth-watering food, this is dark, witty and explores societal pressure and body image in an unforgettable way' - Glamour

'Delicious, dark and thought-provoking' - Hello!

'Satirical and funny... Hazell has much to say about our food-obsessed snobbery and she plates up a deliciously-written narrative, generously peppered with lethal ground glass' - Irish Independent

'A food-filled debut of class and ambition' - Guardian

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804992517

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 January 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 218g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Lottie Hazell is a writer, contemporary literature scholar, and board game designer living in Warwickshire. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Loughborough University and her research considers food writing in twenty-first century fiction. Piglet is her first novel.

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