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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you, Jo!

Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 15

Massive thanks to Nicola Gill for sending me a proof of #IdentityCrisis which I’ve heard great things about. It’s out in September. @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 15

I love the sound of #TheFutureSaints. Band? Tick. Love story? Tick. I’m in. Biggest thanks to @headofzeus.bsky.social for the early proof. Out in January!

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 15

How lucky am I? @kirstydunseath.bsky.social was kind enough to send me both #WhentheCranesFlySouth and #Wreck, both of which I want to read immediately. Huge thanks! @doubledayuk.bsky.social

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 15

I’m so excited to read #GettingAway by @katesawyer.bsky.social, having loved her first two books. Big thanks to @zaffrebooks.bsky.social for sending a finished copy my way. Out now!

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 7

Feeling very lucky to have an early proof of #NextTimewillbeourTurn. I do love a second-chance love story. Big thanks to @atlanticbooks.bsky.social. Out in November.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 7

#PartyofLiars looks like such a brilliant thriller and I’m so excited to have it in my hands. Huge thanks to @hodderfiction.bsky.social. Out now!

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 7

#WellThisisAwkward looks like it might have similarities to #SwimmingforBeginners and I’m excited to get stuck in. Big thanks for my proof copy, @emmafinniganpr.bsky.social and @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social. Out in September.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thank you, @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social, for this finished copy of #TellittotheBees by @zoerichards.bsky.social. What a stunning cover. Out in August.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 7

Big thanks to @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social for this beautiful hardback copy of #TheOtherWife. I can’t resist a what if. Out in July.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 2

#TheStoryofaHeart #TheBrainatRest #TheRehearsals #TheSummerITurnedPretty

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 2

#TheManyLivesofMamaLove #SaltwaterMansions #TheOtherMother #BirthsDeathsandMarriages

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jul 2

Slightly late with the June reads and listens.

#BringtheHouseDown #ATalentforMurder #Room706 #Aftertaste

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thank you so much to @orionbooks.bsky.social for my finished copy of #WeLiveHereNow by @sarahpinborough.bsky.social and sinister accompanying note!

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 25

I love a story about female friendship and I’m so excited to read #IsabellasNotDead! Big thanks to @harpercollins.bsky.social for my finished copy. Out now.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 25

#WhenSleepingWomenWake is a story of female resistance and untold bravery, and would you look at that cover. Thanks to @bethwright26.bsky.social and @quercusbooks.bsky.social for my finished copy. It’s out now.

Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Huge thanks to @penguinbooks.bsky.social for this gorgeous finished copy of #TheHounding, which sounds very mysterious indeed. Out tomorrow!

Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Any fans of the Illustrated Mum? Ready to meet the adult Dolphin? Thanks to @penguinbooks.bsky.social for this proof of #PictureImperfect. Out in August.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks so much to Corvus Books for this proof of #ThePsychiatrist by @emmacurtisauthor.bsky.social. It looks like such a pageturner. Out in October.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 18

The Book of Guilt, Consider Yourself Kissed, The Death of Us, The Names, Atmosphere, May all your Skies be Blue

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 18

From there it escalates to places I never would have expected or guessed. I honestly couldn’t put it down.

And get this, if you join @thebookload.bsky.social on Facebook you can find out how to get 50% off the hardback if you preorder this month at Waterstones.

@hqstories.bsky.social

Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 18

Connie, mum of three girls, is at the centre of things, just as she was in Parks’ first novel, Playing Away.

The novel is built around a shock pregnancy announcement from Connie’s eldest daughter, Fran, who is 21 and home from university for Christmas with her new boyfriend.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 18

#OurBeautifulMess is Adele Parks’ 25th novel in 25 years and shockingly the first one I’ve read. I took it on holiday with me and it couldn’t have made for more perfect sunlounger reading, with shock after shock after shock.

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 18

It’s tense and taut and really makes you think about what and who matters the most. I think this will be huge next year, and deservedly so.

Big thanks to @louiseswannell.bsky.social and @headlinebooks.bsky.social for my early proof. #Room706

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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · Jun 18

It’s an extreme wrong place at the wrong time scenario, because both Kate and James are happily married to other people. They meet every few months for sex.

It’s also the story of Kate and Vic, the husband she’s betraying in a bid to keep hold of herself.

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