THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Delightfully confident . . . a total pleasure' TIMES 'Warm
witty and utterly idiosyncratic' ALICE SLATER 'Hilarious touching and hotly sublime' JULIA
ARMFIELD 'Lovable and joyful' NEW YORK TIMES Siblings 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.
