The Start of Something: The sharp, compulsive and thought-provoking book club read for 2025

Author:   Holly Williams
Publisher:   Orion Publishing Co
ISBN:  

9781398706361


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   27 February 2025
Format:   Paperback
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The Start of Something: The sharp, compulsive and thought-provoking book club read for 2025


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'Bold, playful, generous and lush, it's a story that feels both timeless and urgent - I loved it. Gorgeously and relentlessly queer!' DAISY BUCHANAN A lover. A bartender. A husband. An artist. A student. A poet. A sex worker. A welder. A drag queen. A mother. As the sun sets over the city streets, ten ordinary lives collide with extraordinary consequences. From thrilling first meetings and impulsive liaisons, to messy misunderstandings and passionate reconciliations, each connection has the potential to be the start of something, or already hints at its own ending. Yet uniting them all is the desire to find true intimacy in a fractured modern world - to see, and to truly be seen... A razor-sharp, intoxicating and thought-provoking novel of ten interlocking sexual encounters that will appeal to fans of Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney, and 'Modern Love' from the New York Times. Praise for Holly Williams: 'It's the new One Day' FABULOUS 'Delightful, insightful and immersive' KATE EBERLEN 'Invigorating...combines the fizz of a romance with an earnest inquiry into the vastly changing fortunes of women, along with questions of class and privilege' Hephzibah Anderson, THE OBSERVER 'An unforgettable story with writing that sparkles: a gem of a read' HOLLY MILLER

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Author:   Holly Williams
Publisher:   Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:   Orion
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.260kg
ISBN:  

9781398706361


ISBN 10:   1398706361
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   27 February 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Holly Williams was born and grew up in Mid Wales, and now lives in Sheffield. After six years as a staff writer at the Independent, she became a freelance journalist - reviewing books and theatre, and writing and editing for the arts pages for many publications including the Observer, the New York Times, Time Out, the TLS and the Financial Times. In 2020 she received funding from Arts Council England to complete What Time is Love?, her first novel. The Start of Something is her second novel.

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