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Beach-ready books to take on holiday, as recommended by your favourite authors

BOOKS: Stuck on what book to bring on holiday? From Helen Fielding to Andrew Sean Greer, these authors tell Annabel Nugent what titles they’ve got in their beach bags this summer

The Independent UK · Jul 19

Natural Disaster by Lisa Owens: The devastatingly relatable novel every new mum needs to read

BOOKS: Lisa Owens’ latest novel takes us inside a mum of two’s fraught final day of maternity leave. Jessie Thompson, who returned from her own mat leave this year, talks to her about the wild ride that is 24 hours with a small child – and how she managed to…

The Independent UK · Jul 4

Natural Disaster by Lisa Owens review – the last day of maternity leave is a comic rollercoaster

Parenting is represented in all its hilarious, moving and truthfully plodding detail, in the story of a mother and her two little boys

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16