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A Little Bit Bad

As if falling in love with Nando, her much younger handyman (who very much isn’t her husband) isn’t bad enough, Perdita has other problems adding to the chaos. There’s her unexpected pregnancy, her children she’s terrified of messing up, Nando’s girlfriend, and the massive secret he has entrusted Perdita with…

Three years later, Nando is found dead and Perdita finds herself with many questions. Who is the mysterious woman sitting in a parked car outside her house? How can she help her baby brother overcome his opioid addiction? Can someone with her childhood ever be the mother her kids deserve?

And most of all, what should she do with the searing memories of the affair that turned her life upside down?

So charismatic and confiding; I felt as if I'd found my new (and very bad) best friend

Eleanor Catton, author of Birnam Wood

About Cassandra Neyenesch

Cassandra Neyenesch is a Brooklyn-based writer and curator whose reviews and cultural pieces have appeared in The Guardian, Brooklyn Rail, Huffington Post, Public Books, The International Herald Tribune, and Art in America.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781405984041
  • Length: 352 pages
  • Price: £9.99