Books
Winging it
Emily Jones is a new mum: she’s bought the swank buggy, planned her labour soundtrack, read the books.
“That moment when you realise . . . you have absolutely no clue.”
Then her little girl actually arrives and Emily realises: she has all the gear, no idea – and only 12 months of maternity leave to figure it out. Lonely but not alone, it’s the women Emily makes friends with in this first year who really see her through to the other side. Perfect for fans of The Unmumsy Mum, Louise Pentland and Gill Sims.
Winging it… is her first novel. Having survived her teenage years of pubs, raves, heartbreak and female friendships, Emily Jones thought she knew who she was and where she was going. Now in her thirties, when she brings her newborn baby home she has to grow up all over again.
Nailing It
‘Hilariously funny and excruciatingly relatable.’
Emily is raising two tiny feminists, building her freelance career and navigating life as a newly single mum – and feels like she’s failing horribly.
Tania just wants her other half to do his fair share – as long as it’s done her way. But being right isn’t nearly as much as fun as being in it together…
Helen has almost got family life sorted: a routine that suits them all, most days. Until her own mum turns up and turns calm into chaos.
Sometimes being a mum is the hardest job in the world. So can these three friends fake it till they make it?
Happiness lives next door
‘A really moving book about twists and turns in life that you didn’t expect.’
When strangers become friends…
After the death of his beloved wife Mary, George no longer sees any meaning in life. Until, quite unexpectedly, he finds a letter from her asking him to complete seven tasks. Through Mary’s to-do list, George gradually gets to know his neighbours, who are just as lonely as he is. There’s Kirsty, who faces a daunting challenge. Gloria, who has been mourning an old love for decades. And Sonia, who is searching for her place in life. Step by step, the four strangers become friends, and out of loneliness grows new hope…
UnLocked
A captivating collection of short stories from the D20 Authors.
Meet the cleaner who won’t let anything stand between her and her job; the ocean diver with a mysterious mission; the pyromaniac driven by a painful compulsion; and the politician struggling to balance it all….
Compiled by best-selling author Philippa East, and covering everything from crime to romance, mystery to uplit, this multi-genre collection has a story for everyone. Contributors to UnLocked have been longlisted, shortlisted and winners of a variety of awards, including The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, The McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Book, The Guardian’s Not-The-Booker Prize, The People’s Book Prize for Fiction, and the CWA New Dagger Award for best debut of the year.
With this superb anthology, the D20 Authors are delighted to be raising funds for the Trussell Trust, a charity who supports a nationwide network of food banks, and together they provide emergency food and support to people facing hardship, and campaign to end the need for food banks in the UK
UnBound
‘A fantastic new collection of short stories.’
Meet the resentful young man navigating his high school reunion; the amateur dramatics group baffled by a suspicious death in their midst; the theoretical physicist dreaming of exquisite discoveries; and the isolated archivist fighting to preserve her unravelling sanity…
Compiled by best-selling author Philippa East and covering everything from cosy crime to uplit, historical fiction to the paranormal, this second multi-genre collection from the D20 authors has a tale for everyone. Contributors to UnBound have been longlisted, shortlisted and winners of a variety of literary awards, including the People’s Book Prize, the HWA Debut Crown Award, The Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize, and the CWA New Blood Award.
With this fantastic second anthology, the D20 Authors are delighted to be raising funds for the adult literacy charity Read Easy (CC 1151288), which provides free, one-to-one reading coaching programmes for adults, with the vision that every adult who wants to read, can.