Discover the beautiful coming-of-age story about falling in-and-out of love brimming with
humour and heartbreak. 'Smart hilarious and deeply moving' Elliot Page author of Pageboy
'Thoughtful seductive and entirely engrossing - Bellies is already a classic' Bryan
Washington author of Memorial and Lot 'Bellies announces Nicola Dinan as a genuine literary
talent a gimlet-eyed cartographer of the human heart' Sharlene Teo author of Ponti
------------------ It begins as your typical boy meets boy. Tom and Ming meet on a night out at
university and fall hard for each other. It's not long before they are planning a future and
building a life. Then Ming announces her intention to transition. As Tom and Ming both face
shifts in their relationship and confront the vastly different shapes their lives have taken
they must both ask if it is worth losing a part of themselves - or each other - to become the
people they want to be. ------------------ Praise for Bellies: 'Dinan's gift as a writer is her
ability to make us feel - when her characters cry we cry when they laugh we laugh and
everybody is changed by the end of this novel including the reader. A beautiful love story and
an exceptional debut.' - Irish Times 'The most hotly anticipated novel of the summer' -
Harper's Bazaar 'A tender emotional exploration of gender and sexual identity' - Marie Claire
'Dizzyingly beautiful' - Grazia 'A poignant tale that explores the messy complexities of
relationships with recognisably imperfect characters at its core' - Sunday Times Style 'Both
deeply touching and wickedly witty' - Daily Mail
