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I loved RF Kuang's Babel last year, and I loved this complete change of pace this year! Kuang addresses issues of cultural appropriation, race, representation, authorship, and scandal. She also manages to make the book compelling in spite of it's rather loathsome main character and subvert some fictional tropes that readers might expect.
The No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller from literary sensation R.F. Kuang
*A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick*
'Propulsive' SUNDAY TIMES
'Razor-sharp' TIME
'A wild ride' STYLIST
'Darkly comic' GQ
'A riot' PANDORA SYKES
'Hard to put down, harder to forget' STEPHEN KING
Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody.
White lies When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song.
Dark humour But as evidence threatens June's stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she…
Twelve-year-old identical twins Ellie and Kat accidentally trigger their physicist mom’s unfinished time machine, launching themselves into a high-stakes adventure in 1970 Chicago. If they learn how to join forces and keep time travel out of the wrong hands, they might be able find a way home. Ellie’s gymnastics and…
Hilarious, relatable, and so honest. This book captures all the highs and lows of being single in your thirties, navigating the modern dating scene, aging parents, career, and evolving friendships. I found myself laughing uproariously for the first half of the book, and then crying in the second half. An absolute rollercoaster of a story told by a skilled writer with a strong narrative voice.
