Greatest Hits: From the bestselling author of The Versions of Us - Softcover

Laura Barnett was born in 1982 in south London, where she now lives with her husband. She studied Spanish and Italian at Cambridge University, and newspaper journalism at City University, London. Her bestselling debut novel, THE VERSIONS OF US, was published in May 2015, and translated into 25 languages. TV rights have been optioned by Trademark Films. As a freelance arts journalist, features writer and theatre critic, Laura has worked for the Guardian, the Observer, the Daily Telegraph and other national newspapers and magazines. Her first non-fiction book, ADVICE FROM THE PLAYERS - a compendium of advice for actors - was published in 2014 by Nick Hern Books. @laura_jbarnett | www.laura-barnett.co.uk | www.versionsofus.com

A beautiful book -- Rachel Joyce A poignant story of the highs and lows of rock-star life. * TATLER * Laura Barnett's Greatest Hits is as readable a story as her debut The Versions of Us. * 25/01/17 * 2017 is already shaping up to be a brilliant year for books. Bestselling authors Paula Hawkins and Laura Barnett will be back with their much-awaited second novels. * STYLIST.CO.UK * Laura Barnett will follow up her bestselling debut, The Versions of Us. Greatest Hits tells the story of a hugely successful singer-songwriter who has disappeared from the music scene and selects 16 songs for her personal greatest hits compilation. * BBC NEWS * The Versions of Us was a bestseller with rights sold in 25 countries. Her follow-up, Greatest Hits, is about a singer-songwriter who tells her tumultuous life story through her personal greatest hits compilation. * SUNDAY EXPRESS * Barnett's debut, The Versions of Us, was one of the hits of 2015. Her second novel tells the story of singer-songwriter Cass Wheeler, whose withdrawal from the music industry years ago was the cause of endless speculation. Now she's surfaced again, and over the course of one day she looks back over her life as she compiles her greatest hits album. * MAIL ON SUNDAY * In June look out for the second novel by Laura Barnett, the author of the bestselling debut The Versions of Us. Greatest Hits is the tale of legendary singer-songwriter Cass Wheeler who chooses 16 songs for her Greatest Hits compilation, the songs telling the story of her tumultuous life. * DAILY EXPRESS * A thoughtful portrait of a competitive marriage, of artistic sacrifice, of female ambition and of irredemablle emotional damage." * METRO * Everybody's talking about Greatest Hits. * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING * the overriding melody in this seductive novel is the pleasure and pain of living a creative life. * SUNDAY EXPRESS * has a wisdom and a harmony that are satisfying * THE GUARDIAN * this is a wonderful story - soulful, tender and full of hope * SUNDAY MIRROR * For fans of Laura Barnett's debut novel, The Versions of Us, her next novel Greatest Hits is no disappointment.. Barnett proves once again that she can master the art of storytelling and weave a complex, enticing plot into 400 pages. * THE INDEPENDENT * Barnett's style is poetic, perceptive and so fully realised it reads like an exceptionally well-written biography of a real person.. A fascinating, occasionally sobering, portrait of fame. * DAILY MAIL * Barnett's portrait is unusually perceptive, a mixture of evocative detail and sharp reportage that feels fresh to read * SUNDAY TIMES * Barnett excels herself in this mesmerising ballad of a book.. an authentic account of the true cost of laying oneself bare as a female artist in an industry where double standards reign. * STYLIST - BOOK WARS * Barnett has that rare talent, like Curtis Sittenfeld or Kate Atkinson, of building up the mundane aspects of everyday life until they acquire meaning. * THE TIMES * The mother/daughter relationship is the most moving aspect of this excellent book, and as Cass becomes a mother herself the novels asks, to what extent can harmful patterns by broken? This engaging, emotionally charged novel about music, motherhood and mental illness deserves to be a hit. * THE OBSERVER *