THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERONE OF BBC'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024'Hilarious touching and
hotly sublime'JULIA ARMFIELD'Warm witty and utterly idiosyncratic'ALICE SLATER'Generous and
tender'NEW YORK TIMESSiblings Greta and Valdin have perhaps too much in common. They're
flatmates beholden to the same near-unpronounceable surname and both make questionable
choices when it comes to love. Valdin is in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi who left the
country because he thought he was making Valdin sad. Greta is in love with fellow English tutor
Holly who appears to be using her for admin support. But perhaps all is not lost. Valdin is
coming to realize that he might not be so unlovable and Greta that she might be worth more
than the papers she can mark. Helping the siblings navigate queerness multiracial identity
and the tendency of their love interests to flee is the Vladisavljevic family:
Maori-Russian-Catalonian and as passionate as they are eccentric. Rebecca K Reilly's
exploration of love family karaoke and the generational reverberations of colonialism will
make you laugh cry and fall for the whole Vladisavljevic bunch.
