Emma Jane Unsworth

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'HILARIOUS' Stylist 'DAZZLING' Marian Keyes 'WITTY' Guardian 'HEARTBREAKING' Dolly Alderton 'INCREDIBLE' Candice Carty-Williams Jenny is unloved, unemployable and emotionally unfiltered. Her long-suffering friends seem sick of her and whilst her social media portrays her life as a bed of roses, it is more of a dying succulent. Could things get any worse? Her mother is on her doorstep with a suitcase, and Jenny is about to find out... Adults is a 'hilarious and heartbreaking' (Red magazine) novel about living online and trying to find yourself in real life; a hymn to the power of female friendship and an essential read for you and every woman you know.

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Imie Kent-Muller

I saw this book, ironically, tweeted about online and I knew I just had to read it – so thank you to HarperCollins for sending me a copy so that I could see what it was all about.

This book follows Jenny, a woman who doesn't seem to be ready to grow up – but has a lot thrown at her that tries to get her to do just that. She is obsessed with social media, to the point she loses a lot of her life to it, and needs to take the perfect shot of a croissant. Life takes a turn after her manipulative self absorbed boyfriend dumps her and finds someone new, her job is going down the drain, her friends are getting fed up with her and worst of all – SUZY BRAMBLES HAS STOPPED FOLLOWING HER 

Adults is a funny, heart-breaking story looking at how we pick ourselves up after disaster. It looks at the toxic nature of social media and the addictive need to show the perfect life online. Unsworth deals with difficult topics with eloquence and wit to make powerful messages in her work whilst writing a loveable story. You will laugh, cry and punch a pillow a number of times while reading the book. 

If you're looking for a book to fill the void of reads such as The Convenience Store Woman or Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine then maybe try this one! You have a character that will unfold throughout the story, a heart-breaking twist, and brilliant commentary on life and social media. This read is hilarious, heart wrenching and oh so clever.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘HILARIOUS’ Stylist ‘DAZZLING’ Marian Keyes ‘WITTY’ Guardian ‘HEARTBREAKING’ Dolly Alderton ‘INCREDIBLE’ Candice Carty-Williams

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Pam Sartain

Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth is about Jenny McLaine hitting rock bottom - she has a social media addiction, a home that she can't afford on her own, a famous ex-boyfriend, and she can't get out of her own head.  

It's a hard book to read in places when Jenny's having so many issues, I did enjoy the story as a whole!

 Adults  was published on 30th January 2020, and is available from  Amazon ,  Waterstones  and  Bookshop.org .

You can follow Emma Jane Unsworth on  Twitter  and  Instagram .

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to  HarperCollins .

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Annabelle Lamont

This really felt like an exposé of myself. I cried. I laughed. I gazed out of the window and pondered. I would recommend this to everyone. I will be giving it to my friends. I got Adults through the Rare Birds Bookclub (would also recommend!) and I honestly think their book choice for me was spot on. 

Needed this - especially in the current societal climate we are in, and as someone who is a 1996 baby so is on the cusp of both millennial and Gen Z. We are all trying our best.

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'DAZZLING' Marian Keyes, 'HILARIOUS' Dolly Alderton, 'TENDER' Jessie Burton, 'MAGNIFICENT' Daisy Buchanan, 'INCREDIBLE' Candice Carty Williams, 'MOVING' Laura Jane Williams, 'BRILLIANT' Nikesh Shukla, 'I LOVED IT' Sam Baker, 'PAINFULLY TRUE' Kate Davies

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