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  • Published: 15 June 2022
  • ISBN: 9780857529220
  • Imprint: Doubleday
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $32.99

The Poet





A mesmerizing, provocative, pacy novel-in-verse about a young writer, her manipulative lover, and what happens when she's pushed to her limit.

I believe every word you say. That was always my mistake.

A PASSIONATE, PAGE-TURNING TALE OF DESTRUCTIVE LOVE AND FEMALE SOLIDARITY, FOR FANS OF THREE WOMEN AND ACTS OF DESPERATION.

'This is the book I have always needed, it is F*****G BRILLIANT and everyone should read it' Nikita Gill

'A beautiful, biting page-turner' Irish Times
Bright, promising Emma is entangled in a toxic romance with her old professor - and she's losing control.

Cruel, charming Tom is idolized by his students and peers - confident he holds all the cards.

In their small Oxford home, he manipulates and undermines her every thought and act. Soon, he will push her to the limit and she must decide: to remain quiet and submit, or to take her revenge.

Written in verse and charged with passion and anger, The Poet is a portrait of a deeply dysfunctional relationship, exploring coercive control, class and privilege. It is also a page-turning tale of female solidarity and survival.

'Brisk, disturbing and very satisfying' Daily Mail

  • Published: 15 June 2022
  • ISBN: 9780857529220
  • Imprint: Doubleday
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $32.99

About the author

Louisa Reid

Louisa Reid is 35 years old, married with two young daughters and currently teaches English in a girls' school in Cambridge. She is originally from Cheshire, studied English at Oxford and has lived in London and Zurich. Her pupils are definitely not the inspiration for her characters in her novels but witnessing their passion for great fiction inspired her to write for young adults.

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