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Sweet Thursday

Nov 24, 2025 3:29 PM

Author:John Steinbeck

Sweet Thursday

In Monterey, on the California Coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday - one of those days that's just bad from the start. But Sweet Thursday is sunny and clear, a day when anything can happen. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row, Steinbeck brilliantly creates its bawdy, high-spirited world of bums, drunks and hookers, telling the story of what happened to everyone after the war. There are colourful characters old and new, all united by love, laughter and tears: Fauna, the latest madam at the Bear Flag brothel, Doc, still there for everyone else but feeling strangely sad himself, and Suzy, the new hustler in town who might just be the girl to save him.

Reviews

Bubbly and addictive, the best romantic comedy we've read in ages

—— Company

Will keep you up all night in a sweaty, addicted reading frenzy

—— The Times

Very entertaining and very funny

—— Heat

Jewell writes with invigorating zest and lashings of emotional intelligence - pop fiction at its proudest

—— Independent

Warm, funny, realistic and immensely readable

—— Cosmopolitan

A lovely book . . . informed with a wholesome desire to please and entertain

—— Daily Telegraph

This is a gem

—— Mirror

Stands out from the mass of chick-fic like a poppy in a cornfield . . . Glitters with insight

—— Nova

Praise for Lisa Jewell

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Addictively readable

—— The Times

Terrific

—— Sunday Times

A joy . . . a fun summer read

—— Guardian

Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun

—— Sunday Express

A triumph

—— Hello

Top marks. Fantastic

—— Heat

Moving and intelligent

—— Independent

Magnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners

—— Cosmopolitan

Jewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction

—— Glamour

Fans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into

—— Sunday Telegraph

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