Piglet

Very wise, and so wonderful on food and cooking it should probably come with a hunger trigger-warning. I loved it. * 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 *