Still functioning. Quietly breaking.From the outside, Alice looks fine.She's managing work, family, and responsibility - the person everyone depends on.Inside, she's exhausted.Caught in a cycle of anxiety, alcohol, and a relentless inner voice telling her she's not enough, Alice keeps promising herself she'll change... from Monday.There's no dramatic collapse. Just a slow erosion hidden behind competence, routines, and coping.

Brought to you by Penguin.**WINNER of the EU Prize for Literature**Dr Jonathan Murray fears his new-born daughter is not as harmless as she seems.Sammy Agnew is wrestling with his dark past, and fears the violence in his blood lurks in his son, too.The city is in flames and the authorities are losing control. As matters fall into frenzy, and as the lines between fantasy and truth, right and wrong, begin to blur, who will the...