Girls

Beautifully written, tender, moving. I can’t say enough good things about it * LOUISE O’NEILL *A beautiful, rich, expansive novel. It’ll be a while before I stop crying * JENNIE GODFREY *A funny, heartbreaking, astute look at art, trauma, the nature of celebrity, mothers, daughters, sisters and the awful things we do to each other. Expect to see this on every sunlounger this summer * THE SHIFT *I can’t think when I last encountered a story world of this depth and faultless plausibility. Everything about it was perfect: intricate; warm; uncluttered. * ANSTEY HARRIS *Every word has the touch of genius * BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH *A pin-sharp, propulsive story about connection and family, legacy and art * KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE *Just sublime. Live, angry, funny, vital and playful * KATE SAWYER *Bold, brilliant, shocking and shattering * CHRIS WHITAKER *Raw, vivid, complex, painful and unexpectedly funny too - a brilliantly original novel that really gets under your skin * JOANNA GLEN *An ode to sisters, families and survival. A contender for my books of the year list * PRIMA Magazine *Five stars from me. Full of thrills & brilliant insights into the dark burden of the past, sisters & mothers, emotional damage & baggage * GEORGINA MOORE *

Kirsty Capes works in marketing and lives in Slough with her golden retriever, Doug. She holds a PhD from Brunel University London; her thesis investigates representations of the care experience in contemporary British fiction. Her first novel, Careless, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize 2022. Girls is her third novel.