See moreHero is a love story for our times: a novel that exposes the precious things women give up in order to be loved, and in order to be free.
She's a waitress. He's a chef. They used to be best friends, but now, they're in love and living together in a studio apartment. She's also a selkie, Odysseus, and a cowgirl called Quick Fingers. He's a really good man.
When he asks her to marry him, Hero panics. She is lots of things but one thing she doesn't want to be is anybody's wife.
Drawing on a rich history of myth and legend, Hero is a story about what it means for women to be supporting characters in a world written by men. How can you be yourself when you are a product of other people's imaginations? How can you love another person and be free?
'Pulls no punches... A fearless interrogation of female desire' -- Observer
'The truest representation of the headiness and power of female longing I've ever read' -- Kirsty Capes, author of Girls and Careless
'Thrilling and dynamic' -- Andrew McMillan, author of Pity and Playtime
'Fierce and thrillingly subversive' -- Financial Times