Cover reveal for paperback edition of Piece Of My Heart by Penelope Tree
We’re delighted to reveal the fantastic new cover for the brilliant Piece Of My Heart, the debut novel from ultimate Sixties It Girl, writer and activist, Penelope Tree.
Designed by Alexandra Alden, it leans heavily into the book’s evocative 1960s setting, with swirly fonts and a retro pink and orange colourway.
Here’s a little more about this “beautifully written, wise, funny and all so true” book…
Fame. Money. Beauty. Sex. Love.
Ari wants them all.
And as the face of the 1960s, they’re hers for the taking.
But to find them, she may have to lose herself.
Trapped between the suffocation of English boarding school and a chaotic homelife dominated by her eccentric mother, Ari 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 1960s London’s fashion scene. Piece Of My Heart is a coming-of-age story with a difference.
Piece Of My Heart will be released in paperback on 3 July 2026, but it’s available to preorder from all good bookshops now.
