Polly Samson
Polly Samson is a British novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and lyricist. She is the author of Lying in Bed, Out of the Picture, Perfect Lives, and A Theatre for Dreamers, and has co-written lyrics for Pink Floyd and David Gilmour.
Books
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1. The Kindness
A time-shifting portrait of a passionate affair that upends multiple lives, following a man who sacrifices his future for love, revels in unexpected parenthood, and is then undone by betrayal and grief when devastating secrets—especially about paternity—emerge. It’s a layered meditation on obsession, the fragility of family, and the complicated consequences of acts meant to be kind.