Vendela Vida

A sneakily engaging and ultimately astounding first novel... A delight from the first page to the last

A spare but polished miniature that isn't ashamed to strive for small truths instead of great lumbering ones

Utterly gripping, a book to be read in one sitting

A gun is pointed at 21-year-old Ellis as she walks through a New York park. Although she escapes unharmed she is left psychologically reeling. Over the next few weeks Ellis keeps everyone at bay: the police, suitors who want to save her, and the university therapist who hints that her sweaters are too tight. But when Ellis accompanies her mother, a nurse, on a mission in the Philippines, she finds the life - even if held up - cannot be held back, and neither, finally, can she.

And Now You Can Go

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Consistently a pleasure to read

A sneakily engaging and ultimately astounding first novel... A delight from the first page to the last

The First Lady of Alt Lit

Consistently a pleasure to read

A sneakily engaging and ultimately astounding first novel... A delight from the first page to the last

The First Lady of Alt Lit

Consistently a pleasure to read

A sneakily engaging and ultimately astounding first novel... A delight from the first page to the last

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