Piglet
Lottie Hazell
Discover the deliciously dark and piercing novel of food and secrets, perfect for fans of Lisa Taddeo and Meg Mason
*A New York Times standout book of 2024*
*A Stylist Best Debut for 2024*
‘A sharp, dark, must-read story about appetite, ambition, secrecy and shame’ Daily Mail
‘If I owned a bookstore, I’d hand-sell Piglet to everyone’ New York Times Book Review
‘A dark, weird, satisfying tale about greed and desire’ i News
Her life is so full, so why is she hungry?
For Piglet – an unshakable childhood nickname – getting married is her opportunity to reinvent. Together, Kit and Piglet are the picture of domestic bliss – effortless hosts, planning a covetable wedding...
But if a life looks too good to be true, it probably is.
Thirteen days before they are due to be married, Kit reveals an awful truth, cracking the façade Piglet has created. It has the power to strip her of the life she has so carefully built, so smugly shared.
To do something about it would be to self-destruct.
But what will it cost her to do nothing?
As the hours count down to their wedding, Piglet is torn between a growing appetite and the desire to follow the recipe, follow the rules. Surely, with her husband, she could be herself again. Wouldn’t it be a waste for everything to curdle now?
Piglet is a searing, unforgettable and original debut which is taking readers by storm in 2024.
‘Compulsively readable... Delicious, in every sense of the word.’ Elle US
‘An insightful, stomach-churning debut novel about the corrosive power of secrets’ Mail on Sunday
‘A cunning critique of the expectations that society continues to heap on young women.’ Financial Times
‘A debut that needs to be on your radar… A rich, vibrant, visceral book, that is brimming with acerbic wit and mouth-watering food, this is dark, witty and explores societal pressure and body image in an unforgettable way’ - Glamour
‘Delicious, dark and thought-provoking’ Hello!
‘Satirical and funny… Hazell has much to say about our food-obsessed snobbery and she plates up a deliciously-written narrative, generously peppered with lethal ground glass’ Irish Independent
‘A food-filled debut of class and ambition’ Guardian
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About Lottie Hazell
Reviews for Piglet
Daily Mail
A best debut novel of 2024
Stylist
A cunning critique of the expectations that society continues to heap on young women.
Financial Times
A deliciously dark tour de force
Red
Some novels just get food right ... Hazell understands just how connected culinary and literary pleasures are ... [There is] much to devour in Piglet: set scenes of stomach-churning awkwardness, razor-sharp analysis of class, even an unforgettable description of food on the verge of rot.
Sunday Times
Dark, witty and very well-written (the descriptions of food are reminiscent of Nora Ephron’s Heartburn), Piglet is a satire that explores everything from class to body image
Independent
Brilliant on appetite, ambition, secrecy and shame. Engrossing.
Daily Mail, '60 of the best holiday reads for adults and children'
An insightful, stomach-churning debut novel about the corrosive power of secrets.
Mail on Sunday
If I owned a bookstore, I’d hand-sell Piglet to everyone ... Hazell’s prose is as tart and icy as lemon sorbet; her sentences are whipcord taut, drum tight ... the “will she or won’t she” isn’t just about the man and the wedding. It’s about whether Piglet ends up embracing a big life, full of richness and variety and good things to eat, or if she lets herself be crammed into that too-small dress.
Jennifer Weiner, The New York Times Book Review
Sublime descriptions of food... a quirky story of class, appetite and body image
Good Housekeeping