Queenie is Working on It : The most anticipated hot summer read for 2026 that everyone will be talking about by Candice Carty-Williams Published on 2 July 2026

How is it possible for one woman to hold it together when she's confronted with a racing biological clock when she doesn't even know if she wants kids.

Trying to act normal when her heart is smashed into a million pieces.

Ten times smarter than the people she's working for.

Priced out of the housing market in the place she grew up.

Stuck in a situationship when all she wants is the love of her life back . . .

Bigger. Not better. Older. Not wiser. Queenie Jenkins is working on it.

Award-winning author Candice Carty-Williams returns with a scalpel-sharp, poignant and hilarious new book that shines a dazzling light on the realities of modern womanhood.

Join us on 1st July for a conversation with Candice and get a signed copy of the new Queenie book a day before release. 

Author: Candice Carty-Williams

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Published on 2 July 2026 by Orion Publishing Co (Trapeze) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 416 pages
228 x 156