(USED-Good Cond)- Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. A student in Dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are interviewed and then befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist, who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter into a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in Brittany. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, the sharply witty and emotion-averse Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time. 'I love debuts where you just can't believe that it wasa debut. ..A nuanced, page-turning portrait.'Zadie Smith 'Fearless, sensual writing . . . A dynamic debut novel about the messy overlapping relationships between our captivating characters.'Irish Times 'So good . . . This novel is the best l've read on what it means to be young and female right now.'Daily Mail 'An addictive debut . . . A bright new talent.'Sunday Times
