My Sister and Other Lovers

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A captivating coming-of-age novel about love, sisterhood, secrets and betrayal

'Slender, perfect and sparkling ... I'm stricken with love for this book' Meg Mason
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For as long as Lucy can remember shes been caught between love for her rootless, idealistic mother and devotion to her fierce and exacting sister, Bea. From their unsettled childhood to their restless teenage years hitchhiking through rural Ireland, the move to a communal house shes been forced to make a choice.

But as the girls come of age and embark on their own experiments in love, drugs, work, motherhood Bea is in danger of drifting further and further away. Can their loyalty to one another transcend the damages of a past that has become almost too dangerous to examine

With scalpel-sharp insight, Esther Freud excavates the most intimate relationships of our lives, laying bare the fear and longing, the secrets and mistrust. My Sister and Other Lovers is an irresistible exploration of love, family and freedom in all its forms.

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From now on, whenever I hear anyone refer to anything as "Freudian" I am going to assume they mean prose that's slender and perfect and sparkling. I'm stricken with love for this book -- Meg Mason
A coming-of-age portrait of sisterhood and betrayal from the author of Hideous Kinky * Guardian, the books to look forward to in 2025 *
Praise for Esther Freud: Freud is a modern literary rarity: a born storyteller * The Times *
As close to a perfect novel as anything Ive read in a long time. I loved every page of it -- Ann Patchett
We know were alive because of the stories we tell each other, and the things we make, and the people we love, and thats all we ever get. Freud knows that, and it is good to be reminded * Guardian *
The sharp intimacy of the writing is ... full of compassion and a profound decency * Sunday Times *
In a culture which dins with brashness and self-advertisement, attending to Esther Freud's still, truthful voice becomes not only a pleasure but a necessity -- Jonathan Coe
Exquisite ... Delivers an emotional punch that left me in tears -- Rachel Joyce
You will weep with happiness and sadness -- Emma Barnett
I read it non-stop through the night, finding myself simultaneously uplifted and wrung out by the emotional power of the story and by its ambitious social and historical range. It couldn't be better -- Barbara Trapido
Beautiful, moving, wonderful -- Sam Baker
Freud is a consummate novelist. Her work is always intensely imagined and vividly observed, her characters alive her story page-turning, complex and emotionally satisfying * Spectator *

Author Bio

Esther Freud is the author of nine previous novels, and her work has been translated into thirteen languages. Her first novel Hideous Kinky was made into a film starring Kate Winslet. After publishing her second book she was selected as one of Grantas Best Young British Novelists. Her other novels include The Sea House, Mr Mac and Me, and I Couldnt Love You More. Freud's first full length play, Stitchers, was produced in London in 2018; her first book for children, Enchanted Beach, will be published in the summer of 2025.