Greatest Hits (Hardback)

From the author of Waterstones Book of the Month The Versions of Us comes a story about music and the memories that make up a life.

At the heart of the novel is my fascination with the pleasures and sacrifices demanded by living a truly creative life – particularly for women – and with the process of writing and performing music. – Laura Barnett

One day. Sixteen songs. The soundtrack of a lifetime...

Alone in her studio, Cass Wheeler is taking a journey back into her past. After a silence of ten years, the singer-songwriter is picking the sixteen tracks that have defined her - sixteen key moments in her life - for a uniquely personal Greatest Hits album.

In the course of this one day, both ordinary and extraordinary, the story of Cass's life emerges - a story of highs and lows, of music, friendship and ambition, of great love and great loss. But what prompted her to retreat all those years ago, and is there a way for her to make peace with her past?

Daughter. Mother. Singer. Lover. What are the memories that mean the most?

In this bittersweet and poignant follow-up to the Number One bestselling The Versions of Us, Laura Barnett cements her position as one of the most talented storytellers of her generation.

In a ground-breaking collaboration each chapter of Greatest Hits opens with a song, with each being turned into a reality by the singer and songwriter Kathryn Williams The sixteen tracks in the book, with music by Kathryn and lyrics in collaboration with the author, will be released in June 2017 on Kath’s album Songs from the Novel Greatest Hits, via her label One Little Indian.

Get a taste of the music behind the novel as Laura Barnett discusses the ten songs that have shaped her life.