How it works out

Myriam Lacroix

£16.99

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When Myriam and Allison fall in love at a show in a run-down punk house, their relationship begins to unfold through a series of hypotheticals. What if they became mothers by finding a baby in an alley? What if the only cure for Myriam’s depression was Allison’s flesh? What if they were B-list celebrities, famous for writing a book about building healthy lesbian relationships? How much darker – or sexier – would their dynamic be if one were a power-hungry CEO, and the other her lowly employee? From the fantasies of early romance to the slow encroaching of violence that unravels the fantasy, each reality builds to complete a funny portrait of love’s many promises and perils. Equal parts sexy and profane, unsentimental and gut-wrenching, this book is a genre-bending, arresting, uncanny exploration of queerness, love, and our drive for connection, in any and all possible worlds.

ISBN: 9781787334922 Category:

Description

What if you could rewrite your relationship, again and again, until it works out?

‘A stunner of a debut’ NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
‘A cause for celebration’ GEORGE SAUNDERS
‘Exhilaratingly good’ KELLY LINK

When Myriam and Allison fall in love at a show in a run-down punk house, their relationship begins to unfold through a series of hypotheticals:

What if they became mothers by finding a baby in an alley?
What if the only cure for Myriam’s depression was Allison’s flesh?
How much darker – or sexier – would their dynamic be if one were a power-hungry CEO, and the other her lowly employee?

From the fantasies of early romance to the slow encroaching of heartbreak, each reality builds to complete a brilliant and painfully funny portrait of love’s many promises and perils.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:

‘Wow. I will be reading everything Myriam Lacroix puts out’

Everything Everywhere All at Once for U-haul lesbians… I’m diving in again’

‘I haven’t read anything like it before… Fantastic debut’

Additional information

Weight 0.336 kg
Dimensions 22.3 × 14.4 × 2.3 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

240

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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