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All Grown Up
  • Published: 4 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804956977
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

All Grown Up

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Tr. Paperback
2 June 2026
EBook
4 June 2026
Audiobook
4 June 2026
Hardback
4 July 2026
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A brilliantly heartfelt and funny novel of family life in all its chaos and glory, inspired by Little Women. By award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster Daisy Buchanan

'What a gorgeous book! Such a charming, warm, optimistic read, exactly what I crave. Just beautiful. An inspired premise, beautifully executed.' Marian Keyes

'Funny, tender & relatable at every level ... quite simply, wonderful' Jennie Godfrey

After thirty long years, Louisa’s daughters can finally look after themselves … or so she thinks.

Because suddenly, they’re back – apparently for good. Meg’s second-guessing her marriage. Jo’s career hangs in the balance. Amy has inexplicably quit university. None of them empty the dishwasher.

Louisa knows it’s time for some life lessons. She adores her girls, but if she’s ever going to get her (sex) life back, they’ll have to grow up – and go.

But maybe they’re not the only ones with lessons to learn… And Louisa might just discover that her daughters have something to teach her about being an adult too.

'Wonderful, complex, bruising, rewarding ... I snaffled it like cake on a rainy day, and enjoyed every morsel!' Amanda Prowse

'An absolute delight - impossibly funny, astute, candid and moving ... brilliant.' Rosie Walsh

'Riotously funny, achingly tender... a book to treat yourself to.' Julia Raeside

'Truly fresh, wildly funny and completely charming ... some of the most perceptive writing on motherhood I’ve ever read. I adored it.' Lauren Bravo

'Funny, moving, and wonderfully tender ... a joyful reminder that growing up never really ends.' Louise O'Neill
  • Published: 4 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804956977
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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About the author

Daisy Buchanan

Daisy Buchanan is an award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster. Her books include the novels Insatiable (longlisted for the CWIP prize), Careering (as heard on BBC Sounds), Limelight and Pity Party, and the non fiction titles How to Be A Grown Up, The Sisterhood and Read Yourself Happy.


As well as hosting the chart-topping podcast You’re Booked, Daisy has appeared on a number of TV and radio shows including Woman’s Hour, The Today Programme, Soul Music, A Good Read, This Morning and Good Morning Britain. She is a TEDx speaker and has guest presented the Booker Prize for BBC News.
You can find Daisy on Instagram @thedaisybee.

portrait photo of Daisy Buchanan

Praise for All Grown Up

Funny, tender & relatable at every level... quite simply, wonderful

Jennie Godfrey

Riotously funny, achingly tender... a book to treat yourself to

Julia Raeside

Truly fresh, wildly funny and completely charming... some of the most perceptive writing on motherhood I’ve ever read. I adored it

Lauren Bravo

Funny, moving, and wonderfully tender. All Grown Up is a joyful reminder that growing up never really ends.

Louise O'Neill

An absolute delight - impossibly funny, astute, candid and moving - I think Louisa M Alcott would be blown away by Daisy Buchanan's wonderful reimagining of the March sisters. And what a treat to spend time with their brilliant, battle-wearing and achingly human mother. A standout novel.

Rosie Walsh

What a GORGEOUS book! Such a charming, warm, optimistic read, exactly what I CRAVE. Just beautiful. An inspired premise, beautifully executed.

Marian Keyes

Gorgeous from the first page to the last. Emotional, funny & chaotic with brilliant big-hearted & flawed characters all trying to grow up.

Georgina Moore

Wonderful, complex, bruising, rewarding ... I snaffled it like cake on a rainy day

Amanda Prowse

This was simply joyful . . . Full of heart, and the knottier realities of motherhood - with moments of such emotional heft - this is a warm hug of a novel that is going to make thousands of people both happy and tearful (in the best way).

Claire Daverley

The only bad thing about All Grown Up is that it has to end. Lots of books are described as comforting but this book brought me genuine, genuine comfort: the perfect blend of familiar and the contemporary. It takes one hell of a writer to take on Little Women, but Daisy is one hell of a writer.

Caroline Corcoran

An absolute delight - impossibly funny, astute, candid and moving... brilliant... achingly human... A standout novel.

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