Base Notes

A Telegraph Best Book of 2025

''Ingenious'' - ★★★★★ Telegraph

''Candid and compelling'' - Guardian

''Wistful, sad and funny'' - Spectator

''Working-class life pinned to the page'' - Herald

''Already your future has been planned out. There is not much choice about what to become in the small town where you live . . .''

A bedroom dreamer with a headful of Warhol, Adelle Stripe''s formative years were ones...