Cover reveal for Piece Of My Heart, debut novel from 60s supermodel Penelope Tree
We are delighted to reveal the cover for the debut novel from ultimate 60s It Girl, Penelope Tree. It features a previously unseen photo of Penelope herself, taken by none other than the magnificent David Bailey.
Piece Of My Heart follows Ari, a girl who is trapped between the suffocation of English boarding school and a chaotic homelife dominated by her eccentric mother. She longs for a different kind of life – one lived in the glamour of London, with the pop stars and fashion icons she adores. It seems impossible until she is discovered by Bill Ramsey – the notorious bad boy photographer of the Swinging Sixties set.
Suddenly, Ari’s life is transformed into a dizzying whirlwind of drugs, photoshoots, and parties, all with the famous Ramsey by her side. The young couple are the darlings of the media. But in the fickle world of fashion, nothing lasts forever – and Ari’s addiction, her eating disorder and her increasingly dysfunctional relationship with Ramsey send her life spinning out of control.
A Vogue cover shoot in Nepal offers Ari a make-or-break chance – not just to revive her ailing career, but to win back Ramsey’s love, the only thing that matters to her. But in the captivating surroundings, Ari finds herself wondering how much more of herself she must lose to keep the things she always thought she wanted.
An honest and strikingly moving exploration of what we will sacrifice for love, amid a richly-detailed setting of London’s fashion scene in the 1960s, Piece Of My Heart is a coming-of-age story with a difference and we know you're going to love it.
