Piglet

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

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

A best debut novel of 2024

A cunning critique of the expectations that society continues to heap on young women.

A deliciously dark tour de force

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.

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

Brilliant on appetite, ambition, secrecy and shame . Engrossing.

An insightful, stomach-churning debut novel about the corrosive power of secrets.

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.

Sublime descriptions of food ... a quirky story of class, appetite and body image

Lottie Hazell is a writer, contemporary literature scholar and board-game designer living in Warwickshire. Piglet, her debut novel, was a NYT notable book, was shortlisted for the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize and is under option for a feature adaptation.