Writers & Lovers

Lily King makes a remarkable comeback with an iconic portrayal of a young woman artist, Euphoria, the critically praised and award-winning book that shot to fame after its publication.

In the summer of 1997, Casey Peabody arrives in Massachusetts unprepared after being taken aback by her mother's unexpected death and devastated by a previous romantic relationship. She gets letters from debt collectors and invites to weddings. She used to be a kid golf prodigy, but now she works as a waitress in Harvard Square and writes the manuscript she has been working on for the last six years in a little, mouldy room next a garage. Even at thirty-one, Casey is clinging to her will to lead a creative life, something that almost all of her former pals have given up on. Her world breaks even further when she falls in love with two very different guys at the same moment. Casey faces challenges that drive her to the breaking point in her quest to realise her artistic goals and strike a balance between the demands of life and art.

In Writers & Lovers, the astute and very sensitive heroine Casey is followed throughout the latter moments of her illustrious youth, when all aspects of her existence reach a breaking point. Writers & Lovers is a gripping book that examines the dangerous and thrilling transition from one stage of life to the next, written with Stephen King's signature heart, wit, and humour.