“Hughes. . .will take you from heartbreak to laughter and back again in her story of self-sabotaging Steffie. . . .Raw and darkly funny. It's a triumph.”
—The Sunday Post

“Funny, forlorn and audacious.”
—The Times (London)

“Hughes is peerless in her ability to render the real textures, indignities and small joys of contemporary British working-class life.”
—The Bee Magazine

“One of the most unforgettable voices you will read this year narrates No Such Thing as Monday. Raw, honest, unflinching and shot through with dark humour, the voice belongs to Steffie, a 50-something, working-class woman from the West Midlands. She is down, but not yet out, when her bullying father’s sudden death cracks her life open.”
—The Bookseller (UK)

“The gritty realism of this novel reminded me of Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain. Despite being a short book, it says so much and really packs in the emotional punches.”
—Red Magazine, Books to Read in April

“A stunningly frank and darkly funny novel of loneliness and resilience. I loved it.”
—Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry

“I was blindsided by the brilliance of this novel.”
—Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss and Sophie, Standing There

“Richly absorbing and powerful—a ‘read to the small hours,’ novel. Steffie has a unique voice that keeps you glued to her story, and that I absolutely loved.”
—Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat

“Delicious, and it hit my heart like a hammerblow.”
—Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry