Meet Piglet
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 façade 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?
Praise for Piglet
New York Times Notable Book / Barnes & Noble Discover Prize finalist / Indie Next pick / Stylist Best Debut Novel / Belletrist Book Club pick / Under option for a feature adaptation
“If I owned a bookstore, I’d hand-sell Piglet to everyone.”
Jennifer Weiner, The New York Times Book Review“Sensuous. . . Each burger and croquembouche is freighted with meaning.”
The New Yorker“This book! Visceral, brilliantly dark, and so smart. Characters that pop, writing you could eat.”
Fran Littlewood, author of Amazing Grace Adams
“A dark, weird, satisfying tale about greed and desire
i NewsA sharp, dark, must-read story about appetite, ambition, secrecy and shame
Daily MailAmbitious prose Nora Ephron would be proud of
Marlowe Granados, author of Happy HourDark, witty and very well-written (the descriptions of food are reminiscent of Heartburn), Piglet is a satire that explores everything from class to body image
IndependentCompulsively readable... Delicious, in every sense of the word
Elle US“Luscious and disturbing and propulsive, and I completely devoured it. It’s a book about hunger and secrecy and women made small by convention.”
Catherine Newman, author of Sandwich