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Maps of our spectacular bodies
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- Book Synopsis
- Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize Shortlisted: Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year - Goldsmiths Prize - Betty Trask Prize Longlisted: Booker Prize - Dylan Thomas Prize Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is a story of coming-of-age at the end of a life. Utterly heart-breaking yet darkly funny, Maddie Mortimer's debut is a symphonic journey through one woman's body: a celebration of desire, forgiveness, and the darkness within us all. 'Original, memorable, shimmering' - Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall Lia has only one child, Iris; her magical, awkward, endlessly creative daughter who has just entered the battleground of her teenage years. Lia and Iris have always been close, but there is a war playing out inside Lia's body, too, and everything is about to change. As she confronts what might be the end, memories of her own childhood and a passionate love affair come rushing into her present, unearthing buried secrets and her family's deepest fears. But Lia still has hope . . . for more time, for more love, for more Iris. The Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Restlessly inventive . . . delicate and persuasive' - The Guardian 'Extraordinary, kaleidoscopic' - Daisy Johnson, author of Everything, Under
- About The Author
- Maddie Mortimer was born in London in 1996. She received her BA in English Literature from the University of Bristol. Her writing has featured in The Times and her short films have screened at festivals around the world. In 2019 she completed the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is her first novel.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781529069389
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Picador, (29 March 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 437
- Weight
- 321 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 130 x 30 mm
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