Everything comes at a price. But not everything can be paid forMillie wants to graduate, get a job and buy a house. She's slowly saving up from her job on campus, but when a visiting professor offers her an unusual opportunity to make some extra money, she jumps at the chance.Agatha is a writer, recovering from a break-up while researching attitudes towards weddings and money for her new book. She strikes gold when interviewing the girls in Millie's dorm, but her plans take a turn when she realises that the best material is unfolding behind closed doors.As the two women form an unlikely relationship, they soon become embroiled in a world of roommate theatrics, vengeful pranks and illicit intrigue and are forced to question just how much of themselves they are willing to trade to get what they want.Sharp, intimate and provocative, Come and Get It takes a lens to our money-obsessed society in a tension-filled story about desire, consumption and bad behaviour.
When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for 'kidnapping' the white child she's actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right.But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix's desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, each other, and the messy dynamics of privilege.
Descubre el fenómeno internacional que marca el nacimiento de una nueva estrella literaria. "Puede que el primer capítulo de Los mejores años sea el mejor comienzo que leerás en meses."Sunday Times Style NOMINADA AL PREMIO MAN BOOKERGANADORA EN LOS PREMIOS GOODREADS CHOICE COMO LA MEJOR NOVELA DEBUT DE 2020¿Que sucede cuando haces lo correcto por el motivo equivocado? Emira Tucker tiene veinticinco años, esta sin un duro y no tiene ni idea de que hacer con su vida. Cuando una noche la detienen en la tienda del barrio acomodado de la familia para la que hace de canguro, acusandola de haber secuestrado a la pequeña Briar, no le cabe duda de que el motivo es el color de su piel. Aunque quiere pasar pagina lo antes posible, las buenas intenciones de su jefa, Alix, que esta dispuesta a lo que sea con tal de ayudarla, no van a permitirselo. Alix Chamberlain siempre consigue lo que se propone y su trabajo consiste en enseñar a otras mujeres a hacer lo mismo. No es consciente del privilegio que le otorgan tanto su dinero como el ser blanca y la vida de Emira es lo mas interesante que le ha pasado en los ult
THE UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING PHENOMENON SUCH A FUN AGE* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** FEARNE COTTON'S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK FOR FEBRUARY *'I couldn't put it down, and I didn't want to either' EMILY HENRY'The drama is just too juicy - how could anyone resist a binge?' GUARDIAN'Razor-sharp . Packs a huge emotional punch' DAILY MAILEverything comes at a price. But not everything can be paid for.Millie wants to graduate, get a job and buy a house. She's slowly saving up from her job on campus, but when a visiting professor offers her an unusual opportunity to make some extra money, she jumps at the chance.