The Queen of Bloody Everything

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Joanna Nadin's first novel for adults, The Queen of Bloody Everything, is about mothers, daughters and how we can make many choices in life but can't choose where we come from.

As Edie Jones lies in a bed on the fourteenth floor of a Cambridge hospital, her adult daughter Dido tells their story, starting with the day that changed everything.

That was the day Dido – aged exactly six years and twenty-seven days old – met the handsome Tom Trevelyan, his precocious sister, Harry, and their parents, Angela and David.

The day Dido fell in love with a family completely different from her own.

Because the Trevelyans were exactly the kind of family Dido dreamed of.

They were normal.

Critics Review

Heartfelt . . . A wonderful example of Spangles Lit
Daily Mail
I bloody adored this perceptive, funny, unflinching novel about growing up, love, sex, mothers and everything
Kate Eberlen, author of Miss You
You’re in for a treat with this one
Red Magazine
A bittersweet delight. Perfectly captures the awkwardness and longing of those who don’t quite fit in
Sarra Manning, author of After the Last Dance and House of Secrets
An enchanting, heartfelt and nostalgic read
Prima Magazine
Funny, poignant and absolutely brilliant
Rachael Lucas, author of Wildflower Bay
Tender and with a wince-inducing evocation of adolescence, you’ll fall for the awkward Dido as surely as she falls for the boy next door
Sunday Mirror
A must-read
Independent
Nostalgic, funny and charming
Stella magazine
A powerful, nostalgic, beautiful book, whose characters will retain a small place in your heart even after you finished it
Ronnie Turner
A lovely story of bewilderment and belonging
Sunday Express, S Magazine
A brilliant read
OK Magazine
I loved everything about this book. The writing, the characters, the details through the decades and the story of a girl, Dido, who just wants to fit in
Secret Library Book Blog
Cleverly crafted and beautifully written, this is a story to lose yourself in
The People
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Best Magazine
A captivating story throughout . . . Charmingly nostalgic . . . [and] an essential and important read
Literature Works
Achingly romantic and painfully real, [and] one of the best accounts of the mother-daughter bond that I have ever read
Ruth Ware
Such a lovely read . . . An amazing story
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