Author: John Bowen
Of specific Lesbian interest
Published on 4 June 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 256 pages
197 x 131 x 20 | 194g
Two women. One baby. And a man in the sceptic tank. In their lovely Cotswolds village, Janet and Susan are known simply as ‘the girls’. Partners in love and work, proprietors of a picturesque shop, they lead an enviably peaceful life.
But after one moment of surprising passion, the girls’ lives take a deeply unsettling turn.
Part-dark comedy, part-crime thriller, part-cosy love story, The Girls will ensure you never look on Middle England quite so quaintly again.
‘Startlingly offbeat’ Gore Vidal‘Absolutely wicked’ Armistead Maupin‘[For] those who feel Barbara Pym-ish on some days and Stephen King-ish on others . . . The Girls charms us as only certain tales ‘of village life’ can’ Washington Post