*An Elle Summer Read 2023*
'Sharp as a skewer about the devices and desires in many modern marriages. I loved it' Amanda Craig
'Charming, very touching and very funny. Taut and full of surprises' Tessa Hadley
I shall explain about our marriage.
We have a modern version of a long-distance relationship. We share a house, but live in different historical eras... What happens in a relationship when your partner only has eyes for their new phone?What happens when you lose a treasured possession - a hoard of love letters documenting a relationship that never really ended - and this loss becomes an obsession?Speak to Me is the story of a woman's quest, in a world ruled by screens and devices, for a conversation that will unlock who she once was, and what she really wants now.
Keenly observed, tender and sharply funny, this is a book about all the ways we say, and don't say, the things in our hearts.
‘With a brilliant, thwarted woman at its heart, Speak to Me is a novel of longing like no other. Cocozza’s command of this narrative voice is mesmerizing. I read it at a sitting, entranced’ Elizabeth McKenzie, author of The Dog of the North
‘A beguiling and unsettling modern love story, full of wit, bafflement and razor-sharp swipes at modern desperation. She loves her past; he loves his phone, the centre cannot hold’ Louisa Young, author of Twelve Months and a Day
‘A meticulously composed novel about getting and paying attention ... Cool, compelling, Speak to Me is both timeless and vividly contemporary’ Richard Beard, author of The Day that Went Missing
‘Cocozza is a perceptive and intuitive writer who is unafraid to dwell in the life of the mind and, most crucially, the heart’ Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti
‘A novel that manages to put its finger, exactly, tenderly, on a place of very modern pain. A contemporary, funny, anguished take on love and loneliness’ Ross Raisin
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- Authors:
- Cocozza, Paula
- Year Published:
- 2023
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781472299932
- Number of Pages:
- 272
- Publication Date:
- 06/07/2023
- Publisher:
- Headline Publishing Group
- SKU:
- 9781472299932