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  • Published: 6 May 2027
  • ISBN: 9781807845032
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $38.00

Home Economics




A bracingly clever, wonderfully witty novel about female empowerment, human connection and the transformative power of building a home – and a life – on our own terms. Perfect for fans of THE CORRESPONDENT and ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE.

The smart, witty, empowering new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, perfect for fans of The Correspondent and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts set to star in major movie adaptation

‘I am for women who are not done. Who are never done’

Meet Punch Tillis. 2027’s most formidable heroine

Punch Tillis, a one-time homemaking icon who inspired women to embrace independence, ambition and self-belief- before she lost everything in disastrous circumstances - is now a waitress in the last quarter of her life.

But this is not a woman to underestimate.

Because Punch is about to use every skill she once taught to take back what she’s owed.

Full of ambition, reinvention and the unbreakable spirit of one unforgettable woman, this is a novel about the right to own your own story.

Home Economics. This is one lesson you don’t want to miss…

  • Published: 6 May 2027
  • ISBN: 9781807845032
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $38.00

About the author

Katy Hays

Katy Hays is the author of the international bestseller, The Cloisters. In addition to writing, Katy works as an adjunct Art History Professor, teaching rural students from Truckee to Tecopa. She holds an MA in Art History from Williams College and pursued her PhD in Art History at UC Berkeley. Her academic writing has been published by Ashgate, an imprint of Routledge. Her fiction explores how far humans are willing to go to believe the unbelievable, strange-but-real worlds, and complex female friendships. When not writing, Katy is a skier, cyclist, trail runner, and reader. She lives with her husband and their dog, Queso, in the Sierra Nevada, California. Find out more at www.katyhays.com Instagram @heykatyhays

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Praise for Home Economics

Praise for Katy Hays

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Beguiling and atmospheric, an entrancing and gripping tale

KATE MOSSE, author of Labyrinth

Glamour, power, seduction, ambition...beautifully written novel

LOUISE O'NEILL, author of Idol

Captivating in every sense

SARAH PEARSE, author of The Sanitorium

Elegant and atmospheric and suffused with brooding menace

LUCY CLARKE, author of The Castaways

Sultry and sinister . . . teems with sexual tension, the secrets of divination, and scholarly obsessiveness . . . jaw-dropping

SARAH PENNER, author of The Lost Apothecary

Praise for Home Economics:

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How do you make a house a home? Well, in Katy Hays’s irresistible novel, you climb into bed and refuse to leave! A rollicking, heartfelt tale of one woman’s quest to win back her own life.

JENNY JACKSON, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street and The Shampoo Effect