ANDREWS JESSICA

(P/B) MILK TEETH
A girl grows up in the north-east of England amid scarcity, fearing her own desires and feeling undeserving of love. Years later, living in tiny rented rooms and working in noisy bars across London and Paris, she meets someone who offers her a new way to experience the world. But when he invites her to join him in Barcelona, the promise of care makes her uneasy. In the shimmering Mediterranean heat, she is faced with both pleasure and shame, and must find out if she is able to change. (From the publisher)...
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ΘΑΛΑΣΣΙΝΟ ΝΕΡΟ
«Εκθαμβωτικά όμορφο, το "Θαλασσινό νερό" είναι ένα εμπνευσμένο βιβλίο, που εισχωρεί βαθιά κάτω από το δέρμα. Η Άντριους είναι μια σπουδαία νέα φωνή στη βρετανική πεζογραφία». (Alex Preston, Observer) «Ανεπιτήδευτα πειραματικό στη μορφή του, με σύντομα, πυκνά κεφάλαια, που μας φέρνουν στον νου τη γραφή της Maggie Nelson και της Jenny Offill, το "Θαλασσινό νερό" είναι, εντούτοις, εντελώς πρωτότυπο: γράμμα αγάπης στη μητέρα, μυθιστόρημα ενηλικίωσης, πορτρέτο μιας νέας γυναίκας που ανακαλύπτει και ανοίγεται στον κόσμο». (Irish Times) Όταν η Λ...
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(H/B) MILK TEETH
A girl grows up in the north-east of England amid scarcity, precarity and a toxic culture of bodily shame, certain that she must make herself ever smaller to be loved. Years later, living in tiny rented rooms and working in noisy bars across London and Paris, she fights to create her own life. She meets someone who cracks her open and offers her a new way to experience the world. But when he invites her to join him in Barcelona, the promise of pleasure and care makes her uneasy. In the shimmering heat of the Mediterranean, she faces the po...
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(P/B) SALTWATER
When Lucy wins a place at university, she thinks London will unlock her future. It is a city alive with pop up bars, cool girls and neon lights illuminating the Thames at night. At least this is what Lucy expects, having grown up seemingly a world away in working-class Sunderland, amid legendary family stories of Irish immigrants and boarding houses, now defunct ice rinks and an engagement ring at a fish market. Yet Lucy's transition to a new life is more overwhelming than she ever expected. As she works long shifts to make ends meet and ...
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