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Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, A

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Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, A

SKU: 9781760877194 Category: Product ID: 22368

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Title: Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, A
Author: TU JESSIE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 02/07/2020
Imprint: ALLEN & UNWIN
Price: $33.00
Publishing status: Active

Jena Chung plays the violin. She was once a child prodigy and is now addicted to sex. She’s struggling a little. Her professional life comprises rehearsals, concerts, auditions and relentless practice; her personal life is spent managing family demands, those of her creative friends, and lots of sex. Jena is selfish, impulsive and often behaves badly, though mostly only to her own detriment. And then she meets Mark – much older and worldly-wise – who bewitches her. Could this be love?

When Jena wins an internship with the New York Philharmonic, she thinks the life she has dreamed of is about to begin. But when Trump is elected, New York changes irrevocably and Jena along with it. Is the dream over? With echoes of Frances Ha, Jena’s favourite film, truths are gradually revealed to her. Jena comes to learn that there are many different ways to live and love and that no one has the how-to guide for any of it – not even her indomitable mother.

A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing unflinchingly explores the confusion of having expectations upturned, and the awkwardness and pain of being human in our increasingly dislocated world – and how, in spite of all this, we still try to become the person we want to be. It is a dazzling, original and astounding debut from a young writer with a fierce, intelligent and fearless new voice.

ISBN: 9781760877194
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm
Pages: 304
Edition: 01

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Dimensions 234 × 153 mm