Sharp and funny and humane ... Brydie skewers everyone equally but always with empathy warmth
and wit.' Monica Heisey author of Really Good Actually 'A novel that really nails the chaos
panic and joy of being young' Daisy Buchanan author of Insatiable 'Captures twentysomething
chaos ... Very funny' THE TIMES A funny and tender twenty-first century story of family
friendship and bisexual love - and how getting it wrong is sometimes the only way to get it
right. WHO IS ADA? With Sadie she's an Aussie girl in London a performer a ball of
creativity and a lover of food. With Stuart she's funny and quirky capable of finding romance
in a dinner of crisps on a cold harbour and long train rides. With her family she's the joker
the peacekeeper the entertainer. But she doesn't have to choose which version of herself to
be... right? Ada's answer to most questions is: yes. Every night is an opportunity to be
thrilled and every morning a chance to recount it to her friends so when she falls for Sadie
and Stuart at the same time she sees no reason not to pursue them both. But as the realities
of modern life begin to catch up with her and everyone wants Ada to define herself in relation
to them she feels the weight of the questions: which version of yourself is most true? And do
other people enhance your best self or distort it? Go Lightly is a tribute to party girls
who'd rather enjoy the present than fear the future or regret the past and a love letter to
the community you find when you're far from home. 'Funny perceptive and effortlessly engaging
... I loved this novel' Lily Lindon author of Double Booked 'Sharp witty and...astute' THE
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