Description
Funny, clever and true, read the unmissable short story collection about modern relationships 'Brilliant... This collection covers themes on sex, friendship and work and dives into what it means to be human' STYLIST 'So precise and articulate' SUNDAY TIMES 'Arresting and inventive' SALLY ROONEY 'I couldn't get enough' MICHAEL MAGEE Two teenage girls fixate on each other's bodies; a woman encounters an ex and reflects on the women's group that saved her; an older man's buried grief emerges in encounter with a woman driving a 4×4; and a waitress lacks the money to fix an impacted tooth as the cracks in her life begin to show. Free Therapy takes us into the inner lives of women and men who are versed in the language of therapy, possessed with the self-knowledge needed to change their lives, but finding themselves unwilling to doing so. As her characters try and fail to connect, Rebecca Ivory reveals the ways in which we posture and present, and the insecurities that lie beneath. 'Her writing feels so fresh' PANDORA SYKES 'A major new talent' I
| EAN: | 9781529931921 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 20.03.2025 |
| Autoren: | Ivory, Rebecca |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 192 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Short Stories (single author) |
| Keyword: | stories; story; contemporary fiction; short story collection; short story collections; irish novel; irish book; relationships; top ten fiction; short stories english; mental; feelings; emotional health; literary fiction; top 10 fiction; short story; best books 2023; booker prize; womens fiction; womens books; irish books; irish novels; best books; good books; short stories; ireland; irish; irish writers; contemporary; therapy; mental health; anxiety; normal people; nicole flattery; saba sams; send nudes; beautiful world where are you |
| Fachschema: | Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Irische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Zeitgenössische Liebesromane~Familienleben~Belletristik: Erzählungen, Kurzgeschichten, Short Stories |
| Imprint-Titels: | Vintage Books |