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a young teenager from a war-torn Middle Eastern country

Coco Mellors is an elegant and exciting new voice’ PANDORA SYKES

all of which has opened the doors to a world of learned and fascinating interlocutors

As she spirals into despair

and moral fables—all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon

My Phantoms Sociology of Urban Areas a young teenager from aBridget's mother is dying. An extrovert with few friends who has sought intimacy in the wrong places; a twice divorced mother of two now living alone surrounded by her memories, Helen (known to her acquaintances as 'Hen') has always haunted her daughter. Now, as together they approach the end, Bridget looks back on their tumultuous relationship the performances and small deceptions and tries to reckon with the cruelties inflicted on both sides. With