The Household: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of MRS ENGLAND and THE FAMILIARS
Apr 2024 · Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, SET AGAINST CHARLES DICKENS' HOME FOR FALLEN WOMEN
'Absorbing . . . Halls weaves together the elements of her story with great skill' Sunday Times
'Acutely observed and beautifully written' Daily Mail
'Compelling and richly detailed' Good Housekeeping
'Captivating' Woman
'Meticulously researched and compelling' Red
'Keeps the reader enthralled' Prima
'Exquisitely written . . . full of heart and hope' Fabulous
The house, she was promised, is the first clean page in a new book for girls like her . . .
1847, Shepherds Bush. Charles Dickens' home for fallen women is about to open its doors. Part refuge, part reformatory, the house and its location are top secret, and Martha Gelder and Josephine Nash among its first inmates. But faced with the chance to redeem themselves, how badly do they want it?
Across town, in her Piccadilly mansion, Dickens' friend, the millionaire Angela Burdett Coutts, receives news that turns her orderly world upside down. Her stalker has been freed from prison, and she knows it's only a matter of time before their nightmarish game resumes once more.
As the women's worlds collide in ways they could never have expected, they will discover that freedom always comes at a price . . .
PRAISE FOR THE HOUSEHOLD and STACEY HALLS
'Undoubtedly my favourite novel written by Stacey Halls so far. I loved it' Susan Stokes-Chapman, Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora
'I devoured The Household . . . Meticulously researched and thoroughly entertaining. This is undoubtedly Halls' best novel yet - I can't wait to see what she writes next' Elizabeth Macneal
'Atmospheric, intelligent, accessible, every Stacey Halls novel is worth reading, then reading again and again' Kate Mosse
'The very definition of unputdownable' Louise Hare
'Halls' most ambitious and brilliant book so far. A triumph' Anna Mazzola
'I loved The Household . . . Full of heart, humaneness and menace. I enjoyed every second' Beth Underdown
*Sunday Times bestseller 19.04.25*
*Winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award 2022- https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/editors-choice-book-reviews/a41610537/stacey-halls-winner-futures-award/*
'Absorbing . . . Halls weaves together the elements of her story with great skill' Sunday Times
'Acutely observed and beautifully written' Daily Mail
'Compelling and richly detailed' Good Housekeeping
'Captivating' Woman
'Meticulously researched and compelling' Red
'Keeps the reader enthralled' Prima
'Exquisitely written . . . full of heart and hope' Fabulous
The house, she was promised, is the first clean page in a new book for girls like her . . .
1847, Shepherds Bush. Charles Dickens' home for fallen women is about to open its doors. Part refuge, part reformatory, the house and its location are top secret, and Martha Gelder and Josephine Nash among its first inmates. But faced with the chance to redeem themselves, how badly do they want it?
Across town, in her Piccadilly mansion, Dickens' friend, the millionaire Angela Burdett Coutts, receives news that turns her orderly world upside down. Her stalker has been freed from prison, and she knows it's only a matter of time before their nightmarish game resumes once more.
As the women's worlds collide in ways they could never have expected, they will discover that freedom always comes at a price . . .
PRAISE FOR THE HOUSEHOLD and STACEY HALLS
'Undoubtedly my favourite novel written by Stacey Halls so far. I loved it' Susan Stokes-Chapman, Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora
'I devoured The Household . . . Meticulously researched and thoroughly entertaining. This is undoubtedly Halls' best novel yet - I can't wait to see what she writes next' Elizabeth Macneal
'Atmospheric, intelligent, accessible, every Stacey Halls novel is worth reading, then reading again and again' Kate Mosse
'The very definition of unputdownable' Louise Hare
'Halls' most ambitious and brilliant book so far. A triumph' Anna Mazzola
'I loved The Household . . . Full of heart, humaneness and menace. I enjoyed every second' Beth Underdown
*Sunday Times bestseller 19.04.25*
*Winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award 2022- https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/editors-choice-book-reviews/a41610537/stacey-halls-winner-futures-award/*
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Sam Todd
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April 12, 2024
Whilst there's much to commend in terms of well-researched world building, using real world characters to add a layer of familiarity and simple language to paint vivid scenes, it wasn't the easiest book to get into. The narrative voice during the early stages was a bit like listening to a fly-on-the-wall documentary series 19th century style, while the front cover - whilst reminiscent of the era and in keeping with the sobering subject matter - wasn't the most inviting.
About the author
Stacey Halls was born in 1989 and grew up in Rossendale, Lancashire. She studied journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and has written for publications including Guardian, Stylist, Psychologies, Independent, Sun and Fabulous. Her first book, The Familiars, was the bestselling debut hardback novel of 2019, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Debut Book of the Year. The Foundling, her second, was a Sunday Times bestseller, as was her third Mrs England. Mrs England was longlisted for the Portico Prize, the Walter Scott Prize and won the Women's Prize Futures Award. Her latest novel, The Household, was also a Sunday Times bestseller.
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