Inbunden, Engelska, 2027
208 kr
Kommande
‘I loved this book and I tore through it, unable to predict what was going to happen next. Natasha is a heroine with whom a million women will identify’ Jojo Moyes 'Poignant, vivid, laugh-out-loud funny, Rooster is a sparkling debut' Gillian AndersonNatasha’s life is a perfectly calibrated illusion, motivated by a feverish desperation to hide her dysfunctional childhood. No one who knows her can deny this strategy is working.Social mobility: tick.Happy daughter: tick.Keeping recovering addict mother at bay: tick.Scheduling sex to keep marriage alive: tick.When her husband leaves her for their slovenly, easy-going dog walker, Natasha’s carefully curated world implodes, and she is plunged into a spiral of chaos and obsession as her perfect life unravels.But an unlikely friendship with a rooster named Freddie Mercury and his owner Barry sets Natasha on the slow journey back home, to her family, and to herself.Rooster is a poignant, laugh-out-loud story of marriage, perfectionism, middle life, and how the ghosts of childhood come back to haunt us even when we’re sure we’ve left them behind.‘Vivid, personal and filled with wisdom, sass and life lessons . . .this is a beautiful book‘ Alan Cumming‘Wise, hilarious and tender. When Rooster ended I even missed the rooster.’ Esther Freud
