Repeat It Today With Tears [Hardcover]

'Anne Peile has built a startling and elegant little world - sensuous, then full of ominous and inescapable threat.'
--Alan Warner

'An enthralling and frightening story, and a wonderful evocation of pre-punk teenage London'
--Tessa Hadley

`The subject matter is incredibly controversial, handled with sensitivity and care, there will certainly be many discussions around this book' -- Aesthetica

`An elegantly written, dark tale' -- U Magazine

`Controversial but sensitively handled' --Marie Claire

'[A]keen, elegant novel' -- Metro

'A heartbreakingly fated love affair, deeply disturbing... but never sensationalised...' --Catherine Taylor, Guardian

'A novel of extraordinary intensity and commitment which makes of its weird and dark material something memorable' --Sam Leith

`Full of emotional suspense - I believed every word' --Julie Myerson

A transgressive love story by a singular new voice

A secretive child by nature, Susanna makes a covert list of everything she knows about her absent father, determined that one day she will find him. Unable and unwilling to adapt to life in her mother's unsympathetic household, she distances herself as much as possible.When she finally discovers her father's whereabouts and seeks him out, in the free and unconventional atmosphere of 1970s Chelsea, she conceals her identity, beginning an illicit affair that can only end in disaster. Repeat it Today with Tears is in many ways a traditional love story, as well as a skilful evocation of radical times and desires. It is a fever dream that examines our need to be loved and accepted and a piercing portrait of madness. Anne Peile is a striking new voice in fiction.

'An enthralling and frightening story, and a wonderful evocation of pre-punk teenage London' Tessa Hadley Susanna is a secretive child, obsessed with the father she has never known and determined that one day she will find him. As an adolescent she becomes increasingly distanced from life at home with her mother and sister. When she finally discovers her father's address and seeks him out, in the free and unconventional atmosphere of 1970s Chelsea, she conceals her identity, beginning an illicit affair that can only end in disaster. Repeat it Today with Tears is a fever dream that examines our need to be loved and accepted and a piercing portrait of madness. Anne Peile is a striking new voice in fiction. 'It is easy for a novelist to select sensational subject matter but very difficult to deliver on it. Anne Peile has built a startling and elegant little world - sensuous, then full of ominous and inescapable threat. With a caress of true danger, Susanna's terrible teenage subversion unfolds for us with artful and often very beautiful conviction' Alan Warner

Anne Peile was born in London; she has lived in the South West and Belfast and worked as a cook, writing emails for the BBC and in educational support. She works for a London bookstore.