EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS . . .

‘A beautiful, bewitching, unsettling and unputdownable dream of a book . . . .I genuinely loved this, it will stay with me for a long time’ LISA JEWELL

‘A blistering thriller’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘Impossible to put down’ CHRIS WHITAKER

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Seventeen-year-old Lily has a loving, normal family. So why does it suddenly feel like secrets are stirring? Like Mama is about to crack?

As a storm of memories builds over one stifling summer, Lily must recast everything. What if her house isn’t a home – but a prison? What if her mother isn’t a protector – but a monster . . .

Bold, beautifully told, and bound to keep you turning this pages, this is an unforgettable story about a family gone bad . . .
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Readers love getting a taste of BAD FRUIT:

‘A powerful, hard-hitting and exquisitely written novel’ CLARE MACKINTOSH

‘Paring-knife sharp . . . Mama is a terrifying, masterful creation’ ABIGAIL DEAN

‘This is a cracker’ HARRIET TYCE

‘Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once’ OBSERVER

‘A riveting novel exploring how family ties can both make us and break us’ RED

‘Beautiful, disturbing, impossible to put down. Bad Fruit heralds a seriously impressive new talent in Ella King’ CHRIS WHITAKER

‘Masterful in its evocation of the complexity of mother-daughter relationships . . . a writer to watch’ HARPER’S BAZAAR