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Maiden, Mother, Crone

By Rebecca Humphries
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'TRULY REMARKABLE, HILARIOUS, A TRIUMPH' EMMA THOMPSON 'ABSOLUTE HEAVEN' INDIA KNIGHT The debut novel from the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Why did you stay? ‘Pour yourself a drink, put on your lipstick, and pull yourself together.’ Constance released her grip from her daughter’s face. ‘Elizabeth Taylor.’... Read More
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'TRULY REMARKABLE, HILARIOUS, A TRIUMPH' EMMA THOMPSON

'ABSOLUTE HEAVEN' INDIA KNIGHT

The debut novel from the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Why did you stay?

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'TRULY REMARKABLE, HILARIOUS, A TRIUMPH' EMMA THOMPSON

'ABSOLUTE HEAVEN' INDIA KNIGHT

The debut novel from the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Why did you stay?

‘Pour yourself a drink, put on your lipstick, and pull yourself together.’ Constance released her grip from her daughter’s face. ‘Elizabeth Taylor.’

It was the closest she’d ever come to saying ‘I love you’.

For decades, the St Julian’s amateur dramatics society has been a place for show-offs to meet, drink tea, put on plays – and establish a very clear hierarchy that everyone pretends doesn’t exist. And the unspoken star of its flock-wallpapered halls? Regina Edwards, daughter of St Julian's iconic, longest-serving prima donna Constance and mother to quiet and stage-shy Maisie.

Regina is determined to live up to Constance’s memory, a critical and exacting woman who played ingénues well into her final years, while Maisie is happy to applaud from the sidelines. But it is Maisie and not Regina who is cast as the ingénue role in a (somewhat ambitiously chosen) Christmas run of The Crucible, and so Regina’s devotion to her daughter is tested to its limits. Regina loves Maisie and Maisie loves Regina… but seemingly possessed by the spirit of her ruthless dead mother, Regina sets about trying to bring her daughter down for good.

Witty and profound, Maiden, Mother, Crone is an unflinching examination of mothers and daughters, ageing and beauty – and the deranged and delightful madness of local community theatre.

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ISBN: 9780008767334

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 March 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Rebecca Humphries is an actress, author and screenwriter. Her memoir, Why Did You Stay? was an instant Sunday Times bestseller. She is now adapting it herself for TV with Film Nation. In 2022, she won the Best Lead Performer at the OffWestEnd awards for her role in Blackout Songs at the Hampstead Theatre. Becoming Meg Dashwood, Rebecca's Audible Original audio drama starring Emma Thompson, will launch in Autumn 2025. She is currently working on her debut novel and an original commission with Playful Productions.

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