An extraordinary novel spiny and delicate scathingly funny and wildly moving' Lauren Groff
author of Fates and Furies 'Sarah Thankam Mathews' prose is undeniable . . . she captures the
sneaky unsaying parts of longing' Raven Leilani author of Luster 'Some books are merely
luminous . . . this one is iridescent' Susan Choi author of Trust Exercise 'This is not a
story about work or precarity. I am trying late in the evening to say something about love
which for many of us is not separable from the other shit.' This is a novel about being young
in the 21st century. About being called a 'rockstar' by your boss because of your Excel skills.
About staying up too late buying furniture online despite the threat of eviction hanging over
you. About feeling like all your choices are mortgaged to the parents that made your life
possible. About the excitement of moving to a new city: about gay bars house parties and new
romances. About a group of friends - about Sneha Tig and Thom - and how that can become a
family. About love and sex and hope. About knowing that all this could be different.