Susie Boyt – författare

"Älskad och saknad är så bra att den får mig att tappa andan" - GP

Det här är berättelsen om Ruth och Lily. Och om den frånvarande Eleanor som är dotter till Ruth och mamma till Lily, men som oftast lever i en dimma, i en lägenhet man helst inte vill besöka. När Lily föddes fick Ruth omedelbart kliva in – hon överlämnade bara ett kuvert med sedlar, tog den lilla flickan, så fick det vara med den saken – sedan dess har de byggt ett liv tillsammans, i askan av det som gått förlorat. "Älskad och saknad" är en roman om mödrar och döttrar, om missbruk och missriktad kärlek. Om att älska sina närmaste, oavsett vad det kostar. Sedan boken kom ut 2021 har den gjort ett segertåg över världen, och ständigt funnit nya läsare som blivit trollbundna av dess osentimentala men förtröstansfulla blick på Ruth och Lily och deras kamp för ett bra liv.

Fascinating and extraordinary, thrilling and poignant, My Judy Garland Life will speak to anyone who has ever nursed an obsession or held a candle to a star.Judy Garland has been an important figure in Susie Boyt''s life since she was three years old, comforting, inspiring and at times disturbing her. In this unique book, Boyt travels deep into the underworld of hero worship, reviewing through the prism of Judy our understanding of rescue, consolation, love, grief and fame. What does it mean to adore someone you don''t know? What is the proper husbandry of a twenty-first century obsession?Boyt''s journey takes in a duetting breakfast with Mickey Rooney, a Munchkin luncheon, tea with the largest collector of Garlandia, an illicit late-night spree at the Minnesota Judy Garland Museum and a breathless, semi-sacred encounter with Miss Liza Minnelli . . .

''I was in the story, feeling everything. I cared about every character . . . She writes beautifully. It was a total pleasure'' Philippa Perry, author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had ReadSusie Boyt writes with a mordant wit and vivid style which are at their best in Loved and Missed.When your beloved daughter is lost in the fog of addiction and you make off with her baby in order to save the day, can willpower and a daring creative zeal carry you through ?Examining the limits, disappointments and excesses of love in all its forms, this marvellously absorbing novel, full of insight and compassion, delights as much as it disturbs.''She takes the study of love into uncharted territory and every sentence has its depth and pleasure'' Linda Grant''I am so moved: it carries a huge emotional power... I ache for them all. Poignant, witty, lyrical and perceptive'' Joan Bakewell

A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers.''Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler'' Red Magazine''Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring'' Daily Mirror''Where power and feminist rage meet'' StylistBANSHEE. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO.For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story. In this blazing cauldron of a book, sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.STORIES BY: Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Annie Hodson, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O''Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeyemi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie, Ali Smith, with an Introduction by Sandi Toksvig

Harriet Mansfield, brave, wry and handsome, is determined to triumph no matter what. With a decade of therapy under her belt and a new large inheritance, it seems there is nothing she cannot achieve.So she decides to open the school of her dreams. To her precious little girls, rich in everything but care, she vows to provide the happiest childhoods in the world. For everyone knows that early years passed in delightful ways can set you up for life.But can this ambitious new departure spill some retrospective sweetness onto Harriet''s own harsh beginnings, or better still cancel them out altogether? Will the family she''s estranged from ever grant her the recognition she craves?Written with deep psychological insight and coal-black humour The Small Hours is a stunning meditation on love, self-love and forgiveness, and their shadowy opposites.