Square One
A brilliantly bold and sharply funny debut from the author of The Panic Years
Published on 11. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-80499-085-8 (ISBN)
Description
'Electrifyingly good...sharply comic and perfectly poignant' Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable
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Everyone is moving on... and then, there's Hanna
By thirty, Hanna expected to have it all (or at least some of it)
? A fulfilling and successful career
? A healthy, long-term relationship, maybe even an engagement ring
? A house (or at least a flat) of her own
But in reality, she's back at square one...
? Single after breaking up with someone she's not sure ever loved her
? Flooded with wedding invitations and pregnancy scan pictures from friends
? Unable to afford to live on her own and forced to move in with her father who is also single and dating
Everyone moves at different paces, but Hanna's life is in reverse. With the pressure to keep up and her dad's insufferable musings on Tinder, will she be able to figure out what she really wants?
-------------------
Everyone is moving on... and then, there's Hanna
By thirty, Hanna expected to have it all (or at least some of it)
? A fulfilling and successful career
? A healthy, long-term relationship, maybe even an engagement ring
? A house (or at least a flat) of her own
But in reality, she's back at square one...
? Single after breaking up with someone she's not sure ever loved her
? Flooded with wedding invitations and pregnancy scan pictures from friends
? Unable to afford to live on her own and forced to move in with her father who is also single and dating
Everyone moves at different paces, but Hanna's life is in reverse. With the pressure to keep up and her dad's insufferable musings on Tinder, will she be able to figure out what she really wants?
Reviews / Votes
Electrifyingly good...sharply comic and perfectly poignant * Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable * Keenly observed and hecking funny, this is a book for our times * Red * A fresh, funny novel filled with truths about relationships and perfect details. I tore though it * Amy Liptrot * The #HOTMESS manifesto... a relatable story about a slow-mo car crash of early 30s. * Evening Standard * Witty and heart-warming, we couldn't put this book down * Closer * A smart and witty portrait of modern female relationships * Metro * A funny and charming novel full of fresh observations, tenderness and hope * Katy Wix, author of Delicacy and star of Stath Lets Flats and Ghosts *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
257 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80499-085-8 (9781804990858)
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Nell Frizzell
Square One
A brilliantly bold and sharply funny debut from the author of The Panic Years
E-Book
07/2022
Transworld Digital
€8.99
Available for download
Person
Nell Frizzell is a writer, journalist and Vogue columnist. She has written and worked for the Guardian, VICE, The Sunday Times, Elle, the BBC, the Observer, Grazia and The Independent among many others. Her first book, The Panic Years, was an exploration of bodies, babies and the big questions facing modern life. Her debut novel, Square One, painted a humorous picture of moving home, fathers and daughters and surviving heartbreak. She lives in Oxford, in a very small house full of pasta and bedding and bikes.