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The Boyfriend

Laura Southgate author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:6th Feb '20

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Winner of the Adam Foundation Prize

Erica is 17 and in her last year of high school. Donny is 42 and everywhere - in her yoga class, at German Club, in her parents' spare room . . .

The story of a young woman who finds herself subject to the gravitational field of a charismatic man, The Boyfriend is a cautionary tale about blindly accepting traditional 'love' narratives.

This clear-eyed, dismaying and often hilarious examination of sexual desire, trauma and growth is a remarkable debut and a perfect novel for our time.

Darkly funny and frequently uncomfortable, Southgate's debut novel tracks the "relationship" between teenager Erica and fortysomething Donny * the i (Best summer reads) *
This wonderful debut is undeniably relatable to all . . . A cautionary tale, but also a remarkable expression of sexual desire and the human capacity for healing and growth. An insightful novel * Woman *

ISBN: 9780349726304

Dimensions: 232mm x 152mm x 24mm

Weight: 340g

272 pages