Go Gentle

The new novel from the bestselling author of Where''d You Go Bernadette

⭐ ''Smart, funny and devastating in a great way'' Jennette McCurdy ⭐
⭐ ''I felt both cleverer and sillier after finishing this book'' Guardian ⭐
⭐ ''Loaded with Maria Semple''s signature wit'' Bonnie Garmus ⭐

Adora Hazzard has it all figured out.

A contented divorcée, she relishes her teenage daughter, her job as a moral tutor for an old-money family and the bliss of finally being solo.

Alone but far from lonely, she''s also quietly assembling a ''coven'' of like-minded single women on the sixth floor of the legendary Ansonia building on New York''s Upper West Side. Together, they share groceries, dog walkers - and one dirty little secret: despite their age, they''re only just getting started.

Adora''s life philosophy is simple: want only what you already have. But could a chance encounter with a charming stranger threaten her joyfully curated life and leave Adora suddenly wanting more - even if she must risk everything to get it?

Go Gentle is a thrilling story of one woman''s mid-life transformation, a romance with wit and a globe-trotting mother-daughter story, all wrapped in a mystery with a socko twist.

⭐ ''A wild ride'' The Times ⭐
⭐ ''I adored this novel and it made me very happy'' Nina Stibbe ⭐
⭐ ''Maria Semple is a treasure'' Los Angeles Times ⭐
⭐ ''Funny and clever and sexy and uplifting'' Francesca Segal ⭐
⭐ ''Adora Hazzard is a heroine for the ages'' Rufi Thorpe ⭐