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  • Published: 3 September 2024
  • ISBN: 9781787634336
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $38.00

Cuckoo

The new novel about family and motherhood from the author of The Panic Years




A sharply funny and well-observed novel about an unconventional family from the award-winning writer, journalist and podcaster, Nell Frizzell.

After Nancy's father dies, she is faced with two life-changing revelations.

One: She has a half-brother she knew nothing about.

Two: She's expecting a baby.

Her brother is clearly the result of an affair, and she's having the baby with a man who, despite being in a relationship with Nancy for over two years, shows absolutely no signs of commitment. He's not even in the same country as her right now.

Nancy's half-sister Rita is furious with their father and wants nothing to do with their new-found brother. But Nancy is intrigued... In a tumult of grief, bewilderment, fear and hope, she is eager to meet Oliver and find the answer to what really makes a family.

And in a few months' time, who is going to step up and help her bring up a baby?

  • Published: 3 September 2024
  • ISBN: 9781787634336
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $38.00

About the author

Nell Frizzell

Nell Frizzell is a journalist, writer and Vogue columnist. She has written for The Guardian, VICE, The Telegraph, Elle, The Observer, Grazia, I-D among many others. Her first book The Panic Years is an exploration of bodies, babies and the big questions facing modern life.

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Praise for Cuckoo

Praise for Nell Frizzell: ‘Nell Frizzell's thoughts on womanhood and motherhood are as informative as they are poetic’

Dolly Alderton