Go Gentle : The joyful new novel from the author of Where’d You Go Bernadette

Author: Semple, Maria

Performing arts: comedy, [AVC] Music reviews & criticism, [BGFA] Autobiography: arts & entert

Published on 16 April 2026 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 384 pages
163 x 242 x 35 | 598g

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHERE'D YOU GO BERNADETTE 'SMART, FUNNY AND DEVASTATING IN A GREAT WAY' JENNETTE MCCURDY'I ADORED THIS NOVEL AND IT MADE ME VERY HAPPY' NINA STIBBE 'LOADED WITH MARIA SEMPLE'S SIGNATURE WIT' BONNIE GARMUSAdora Hazzard has it all figured out. A contented divorcée, she relishes her teenage daughter, her job as a moral tutor for an old-money family and the bliss of finally being solo. Alone but far from lonely, she's also quietly assembling a 'coven' of like-minded single women on the sixth floor of the legendary Ansonia building on New York's Upper West Side. Together, they share groceries, dog walkers - and one dirty little secret: despite their age, they're only just getting started. Adora's life philosophy is simple: want only what you already have. But could a chance encounter with a charming stranger threaten her joyfully curated life and leave Adora suddenly wanting more - even if she must risk everything to get it? Go Gentle is a thrilling story of one woman's mid-life transformation, a romance with wit and a globe-trotting mother-daughter story, all wrapped in a mystery with a socko twist.