Rosewater: the debut novel from Liv Little

Love in Colour is a bold debut novel about discovering love where it has always been, following the life of a sexy, funny, and fiercely independent woman in South London. It explores the difficulty of being estranged from family, the struggle of being continually rejected from jobs, and the fear of never making money doing what she loves. Elsie is determined to keep the faith, but things take a turn when she starts sleeping with her co-worker Bea and reconnecting with her best friend Juliet.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 25 April 2024
Publisher: Dialogue

Frank, sexy, and so tender. Little's pen shines Bolu Babalola, author of Love in Colour, is a beautifully rendered story about love's possibilities and its limits. I laughed, I cried, couldn't put it down. Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually, is an effervescent and irresistible new voice. Coco Mellors, author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein, is a wonderfully fresh, zesty, and sexy debut novelist who is putting black queer lives, loves, and longings centre stage, where they belong. Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other, is full of energy, wit, and excitement, and this is a book to watch. Stylist is a bold debut novel. . . free-spirited. . . amazing. Cosmopolitan is a paean to a queer love affair that's sexy, complex, and romantic. Effortlessly capturing our uncertain zeitgeist. Evening Standard is a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel about discovering love where it has always been. Elsie is a sexy, funny, and fiercely independent woman in South London. But, at just 28, she is also tired. Though she spends her days writing tender poetry in her journal, her nights are spent working long hours for minimum wage at a neighbourhood gay bar. The difficulty of being estranged from her family, struggle of being continually rejected from jobs, and fear of never making money doing what she loves, is too great. But Elsie is determined to keep the faith, for a little longer at least. Things will surely turn around. They have to. As she tries to breathe through the panic attacks, sleeping with her hot and spirited co-worker Bea isn't exactly straightforward and offers Elsie just another place to hide. As Elsie tries to reconnect with her best friend Juliet, her fragile world spirals out of control. Can Elsie steady herself and not fall through the cracks?

Weight: 266g
Dimension: 126 x 197 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781408717066