How to Kill Your Family

English, Bella Mackie, 2022
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I loved this book. Richard Osman describes it as "an anti-heroine able to best villainous male protagonists such as Patrick Bateman any day." The Observer calls it "deliciously addictive... brilliantly executed." It was featured in Cosmopolitan and Grazia's best books of 2021.

Meet Grace Bernard. Daughter, sister, colleague, friend, serial killer... Grace has lost everything. And now she wants revenge. How to Kill Your Family is a fierce and addictive novel about class, family, love, and murder.

Jojo Moyes shares, "I've struggled to recover my reading mojo since lockdown. This turned out to be the thing that sparked it back to life... Funny, sharp, dark, and twisted, Grace is a character I found myself rooting for even as she committed the most vile misdeeds."

Pandora Sykes notes, "Funny and furious and strangely uplifting. Grace is a bitter and beguiling anti-hero with a keen eye for social analysis - even in her most grisly deeds, you never stop rooting for her."

The Sunday Telegraph states, "Chilling, but also laugh-out-loud funny. Another corker." Emma Gannon adds, "Addictive... Grace Bernard is one of the most intriguing and bewitching protagonists I've read in years."

The Sunday Times Style describes it as "a funny, compulsive read about family dysfunction and the media's obsession with murder." They say, "You'll be gripped... Grace's emotional detachment throughout will give you chills," rating it 5 stars.

Elle calls it "hilarious and dark." The Observer mentions "ironic twists and caustic commentary on everything from liberal guilt to the consumerist con that is 'self-care' sharpen this debut novel." The Irish Independent praises it as "brilliantly tongue-in-cheek stuff from the Vogue columnist." Grazia describes it as "witty, waspish satire of a murderer with no regrets." Prima calls it "original, funny, unique and such a refreshing read," while Red labels it "a deliciously dark debut novel." Woman's Way concludes, "One very entertaining read."

How to Kill Your Family was number 2 in the Sunday Times hardback chart on July 27, 2021.

Key specifications

Language
English
Genre
Novels + stories
Author
Bella Mackie
Number of pages
368
Book cover
Paperback
Year
2022
Item number
25384287

General information

Publisher
HarperCollins
Category
Fiction
Manufacturer no.
9780008365943
Release date
14-4-2022

Book properties

Genre
Novels + stories
Language
English
Author
Bella Mackie
Year
2022
Number of pages
368
Edition
1
Book cover
Paperback
Year
2022

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Product dimensions

Height
131 mm
Width
198 mm
Weight
324 g

Package dimensions

Length
20 cm
Width
13.80 cm
Height
3.20 cm
Weight
324 g

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