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Overview*An Elle Summer Read 2023* 'Cocozza's writing is addictive... her sharp observations steal the show ' Joanna Cannon, Guardian 'Searing, perceptive, shattering' Observer 'Charming, very touching and very funny. Taut and full of surprises' Tessa Hadley I shall explain about our marriage. We have a modern version of a long-distance relationship. We share a house, but live in different historical eras... What happens in a relationship when your partner only has eyes for their new phone? What happens when you lose a treasured possession - a hoard of love letters documenting a relationship that never really ended - and this loss becomes an obsession? Speak to Me is the story of a woman's quest, in a world ruled by screens and devices, for a conversation that will unlock who she once was, and what she really wants now. Keenly observed, tender and sharply funny, this is a book about all the ways we say, and don't say, the things in our hearts. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paula CocozzaPublisher: Headline Publishing Group Imprint: Tinder Press Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.00cm Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9781472299932ISBN 10: 1472299930 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 06 July 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThere are three of us in this - you, me and your mobile. How many couples have said this to each other? Paula Cocozza's witty, wry new novel is sharp as a skewer about the devices and desires in many modern marriages. I loved it * Amanda Craig * There are three of us in this - you, me and your mobile. How many couples have said this to each other? Paula Cocozza's witty, wry new novel is sharp as a skewer about the devices and desires in many modern marriages. I loved it -- Amanda Craig, author of THE GOLDEN RULE A beguiling and unsettling modern love story, full of wit, bafflement and razor-sharp swipes at modern desperation. She loves her past; he loves his phone, the centre cannot hold -- Louisa Young, author of A Year and a Day A meticulously composed novel about getting and paying attention. Paula Cocozza peels back the screens of modern life to explore different types of distance - from those we love and from ourselves, in a marriage and back to a lingering youthful relationship. Cool, compelling, Speak To Me is both timeless and vividly contemporary -- Richard Beard, Author of THE DAY THAT WENT MISSING With a brilliant, thwarted woman at its heart, SPEAK TO ME is a novel of longing like no other. Cocozza's command of this narrative voice is mesmerizing - I read it at a sitting, entranced -- Elizabeth McKenzie, author of THE DOG OF THE NORTH Cocozza is a perceptive and intuitive writer who is unafraid to dwell in the life of the mind and, most crucially, the heart -- Sharlene Teo, author of PONTI A novel that manages to put its finger, exactly, tenderly, on a place of very modern pain. A contemporary, funny, anguished take on love and loneliness. -- Ross Raisin, author of GOD'S OWN COUNTRY There are three of us in this - you, me and your mobile. How many couples have said this to each other? Paula Cocozza's witty, wry new novel is sharp as a skewer about the devices and desires in many modern marriages. I loved it -- Amanda Craig, author of THE GOLDEN RULE A beguiling and unsettling modern love story, full of wit, bafflement and razor-sharp swipes at modern desperation. She loves her past; he loves his phone, the centre cannot hold -- Louisa Young, author of A Year and a Day A meticulously composed novel about getting and paying attention. Paula Cocozza peels back the screens of modern life to explore different types of distance - from those we love and from ourselves, in a marriage and back to a lingering youthful relationship. Cool, compelling, Speak To Me is both timeless and vividly contemporary -- Richard Beard, Author of THE DAY THAT WENT MISSING Author InformationPaula Cocozza is a Guardian features writer who has written for a wide range of publications from the TLS to Vogue. She is the author of a previous novel, HOW TO BE HUMAN, which was published by Hutchinson in 2018 and shortlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |