{"product_id":"give-me-everything-youve-got","title":"Give Me Everything You've Got","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eImogen Crimp\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel \n\u003ci\u003eA Very Nice Girl\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize, selected for Malala Yousafzai's Fearless Book Club and chosen as a book of the year by the \n\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eGrazia\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of the Summer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e's Must Read Books of Summer 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eLGBTQ Read\u003c\/i\u003e's Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Fiction Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Seductive.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"When filmmaker Ruby is invited to spend a week at her mentor's English country mansion, she finds herself ensnared in twisted mind games enacted by the famed feminist director and her seductive daughter. A psychologically rich and delectably dark look at the price of women's artistic ambition.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eGive Me Everything You've Got\u003c\/i\u003e explores power, exploitation and the cost of making art . . . Imogen Crimp evokes a vivid sense of place in this enclosed environment, gradually revealing it to be no Eden, but an ominous house with locked doors and mysterious passageways . . . Crimp is an extremely promising young novelist, who consciously evokes literary forerunners from Charlotte Brontë to Emily Dickinson to Elizabeth Bowen.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] psychologically rich story of mind games and manipulations. . . . Crimp handily conveys Ellen and Ruby's uneven power dynamic and the ways in which Ellen exploits her own reputation.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Through sharp writing and captivating prose, Crimp captures the psychological nuances of the three women's relationships and Ruby's increasing sense of distorted reality, and interrogates female characters, trauma plots, and what it means to be a female artist.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In her sophomore novel, Crimp returns to the theme of women in the arts, and her hypnotic first-person narration runs together with the dialogue. . . . The slightly creepy, claustrophobic mood is like a gathering storm.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A hugely talented writer.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Waters, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFingersmith \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Little Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hypnotic and immersive, dreamlike and ferociously paced. A novel in which every sunlit surface pulses with menace and dread. Utterly addictive.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Colin Walsh, internationally bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKala\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stylish, devastating and very hot, Imogen Crimp has given us a deliciously claustrophobic novel about artists behaving badly at the summer retreat from hell. You want to scream at the characters to get out, but that would ruin all the fun.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Daisy Alpert Florin, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Last Innocent Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like the best perfumes, \n\u003ci\u003eGive Me Everything You've Got \u003c\/i\u003emakes you lean in closer. Classic notes of atmospheric suspense ( \n\u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/i\u003e) linger underneath a woozy blend of ambition, sex, and manipulation. An intriguing and seductive bouquet of a novel.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Meg Howrey, author of \u003ci\u003eThey're Going to Love You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A mesmerizing treat that takes the reader on a gripping, labyrinthine exploration of power and corrupted feminism. Imogen Crimp executes a stylish and sensuous game of cat and mouse, as elegant as it is disturbing.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Aisling Rawle, author of \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e Book Club pick \u003ci\u003eThe Compound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A subtle, claustrophobic seduction of a novel. I loved its dreamy, hazy surface, and its uncomfortable undertow.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Claire Fuller, author of \u003ci\u003eBitter Orange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The book of the summer.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"From Manderley in \n\u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e to \n\u003ci\u003e Brideshead Revisited \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e Saltburn, \u003c\/i\u003ea sprawling, beautiful house is bound to be hiding some sinister secrets (while also featuring covetable herb gardens and marble fireplaces). So when budding screenwriter Ruby is invited to her idol's country house, her best bet would be to write a polite 'no, thank you' card. Instead, she's ensnared by feminist director Ellen and her wayward daughter, Lara, who both seem to be playing a game that Ruby can't quite fathom--all while being utterly beguiled by the house itself.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eStylist \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tense, intelligent, excruciating . . . A cross between \n\u003ci\u003eNotes On A Scandal\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Safekeep\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I love Imogen Crimp's writing, and this novel is sexy, evocative and unsettling in all the best ways. \" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Jennie Godfrey, author of \u003ci\u003eThe List of Suspicious Things\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Very Nice Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Absorbing and gripping . . . Like Raven Leilani's \n\u003ci\u003eLuster\u003c\/i\u003e, Naoise Dolan's \n\u003ci\u003e Exciting Times\u003c\/i\u003e, or Sally Rooney's \n\u003ci\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e―\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Crimp [is] channeling the Sally Rooney style: interior and complex, but also unafraid to incorporate corporeal forces among all the others that govern us.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e―\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Enthralling . . . A Rooney-esque exploration of power and class in women's relationships.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e―\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Imogen Crimp's enjoyable debut novel . . . is an all-too-real reminder of what it is to be a woman in your 20s, searching for who you are, trying on identities or stuck in a complicated pseudo-relationship even when you know you shouldn't be. It's a book about assessing your worth through other people's eyes--parents, friends, a lover--and about being observed: by an overprotective mother, by men on the tube, by those who assess her auditions, by classmates competing for her slot, and ultimately by the audience.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"Tender, devastating, witty. And deeply true. \n\u003ci\u003eSweetbitter\u003c\/i\u003e meets \n\u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Meg Mason, author of \u003ci\u003eSorrow and Bliss\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A blazing, darkly funny debut . . . It has an honesty and tenderness that will stay with me for a long time.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Rachel Joyce, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMiss Benson's Beetle \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Transfixing from the start, \n\u003ci\u003e A Very Nice Girl\u003c\/i\u003e steals the show. Gorgeous prose, bone-dry humor and brutally shrewd observations make Imogen Crimp's debut sing in this perilous love story about a talented young woman learning to wield her voice. Intimate and intoxicating, \n\u003ci\u003eA Very Nice Girl \u003c\/i\u003eabsolutely dazzles.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Beck Dorey-Stein, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFrom the Corner of the Oval \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \n\u003ci\u003e A Very Nice Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, Imogen Crimp explores complicated relationships, the creative life, and the challenges of your twenties, with precision and subtlety. Touching on feminism, power, finances, and the pleasures and dangers of a new relationship, this book is an assured debut.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Claire Fuller, author of \u003ci\u003eUnsettled Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An exquisitely detailed novel--Crimp absolutely nails the intricate inner workings of the opera world. Humorous, biting, and unnervingly honest, the story explores one young woman's path to finding herself.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Addie Woolridge, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Checklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Imogen Crimp captures the glittering thrill of being young and choosing your own life with a dark, unflinching undercurrent of desire, power and control.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Jessica Andrews, author of \u003ci\u003eSaltwater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The book of the summer.\"\u003ci\u003e--Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Rebecca\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eSaltburn.\u003c\/i\u003e\" --\u003ci\u003eStylist \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A hugely talented writer.\" --Sarah Waters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gripping . . . a sensuous game of cat and mouse.\" --Aisling Rawle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Stylish, devastating and very hot.\" --Daisy Alpert Florin, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy Last Innocent Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHot to the touch, an \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"utterly addictive\" (Colin Walsh)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e modern gothic about a promising young filmmaker pushed to the brink\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the middle of an unrelenting heat-wave, up-and-coming filmmaker Ruby arrives at the country house of her idol, Ellen. An iconoclastic feminist director, Ellen has offered Ruby mentorship and a room of her own in which to write her next film. Ellen's home is like something out of a dream--grand and imposing, with sprawling gardens and a shimmering swimming pool. But tension thrums beneath the picture-perfect surface. Ellen's reputation is under fire, and she chastises Ruby for refusing to turn her trauma into art. Meanwhile, Ellen's mercurial twenty-year-old daughter, Lara, lounges by the pool under the blistering sun, drawing her mother's latest houseguest towards her like a moth to a flame. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As her hopes for an artistic summer retreat unravel, Ruby finds herself entangled in a dangerous dynamic between mother and daughter, waiting for the heat to break. Ellen and Lara seem to be playing games with her, and only they know the rules. Soon the house itself begins to feel haunted, and Ruby has the unnerving sensation that she's not the first promising young woman to fall under its spell. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An incendiary fever dream of a novel set during one sun-bleached July, Imogen Crimp's \n\u003ci\u003eGive Me Everything You've Got \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the dark corners of ambition, exploitation, and what it takes to be a woman artist. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/11\/2026 (EAN 9781250792792, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781250792792, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781250792792, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eCrimp, Imogen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eImogen Crimp\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel \n\u003ci\u003eA Very Nice Girl\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize, selected for Malala Yousafzai's Fearless Book Club and chosen as a book of the year by the \n\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eGrazia\u003c\/i\u003e. 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