A most anticipated book of the season for Oprah Daily Literary Hub Electric Literature
Book Riot WBUR and LGBTQ Reads . 'Sexy sly daring' Justin Torres National Book
Award-winning author of Blackouts 'The smoothest smartest book I've read in quite some time'
Paul Beatty Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout 'Loving cutting mournful and
hilarious' Bryan Washington award-winning author of Family Meal and Memorial 'My career had
gone nowhere. My love life was non-existent. And as for s*x - here I was home alone on a
Saturday night with a chick flick playing on my laptop because I didn't own a TV. You can draw
your own conclusions.' Our protagonist always believed herself to be the smartest person in
the room. But a couple of years on from earning a fancy PhD she's still broke single and
stuck in a job going nowhere. One option remains: marry rich. Her summer becomes a whirlwind
of dating: martinis with a lazy heir board games with a butch producer and a Venmo request
from a 'socialist' trust-fund babe. However when some unexpected and tragic news takes her -
and her project - to Tehran she is forced to ask and answer some overdue questions about family
connection and terrifyingly her own purpose in life and in love. A riveting spin on a
classic romantic comedy Liquid delivers a modern tale of romance loss and belonging in a
gorgeous high-wire voice that explodes off the page with wit verve and originality.
