What Red Was
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A sophisticated and conversation-starting novel of modern love, sexual violence and toxic inheritance from a brilliant new literary voice "Gripping . . . shines an unflinching light on trauma and its prismatic impact. A deeply necessary book" -Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure When Kate Quaile meets Max Rippon in the first week of university, so begins a life-changing friendship. Over the next four years, the two become inseparable. For him, she breaks her solitude; for her, he leaves his busy circles behind. But knowing Max means knowing his family: the wealthy Rippons, all generosity, social ease and quiet repression. Theirs is a very different world from Kate's own upbringing, and yet she finds herself quickly drawn into their gilded lives, and the secrets that lie beneath. Until one evening, at the Rippons home, just after graduation, her life is shattered apart in a bedroom while a party goes on downstairs. What Red Was is an incisive and mesmerizing novel about power, privilege, and consent - one that fearlessly explores the effects of trauma on the mind and body of a young woman, the tyrannies of memory, the sacrifices involved in staying silent, and the courage in speaking out. And when Kate does, it raises this urgent question: whose story is it now? Praise for What Red Was "Engaged and assured . . . A confident and provocative study of wealth, sexual violence, and complicated friendships . . . What Red Was] is a strong debut by an incredibly young author, an assured and challenging novel that suggests an incipient talent worthy of notice."--The Irish Times
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1984824414
ISBN13:9781984824417
Release Date:August 2019
Publisher:Hogarth Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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Rated 5 starsTHIS ONE IS FOR THE HARD-CORE GARDENER.
By Thriftbooks.com User,
This volume was first published in England in 1958 with the American Edition published in 1959. This book is unlike the contemporary garden design books by the same author. First, the book consists primarily of text, well written text, I grant you, but text never-the-less. The pictures are in black and white so if you are looking for a "coffee table book," you need to search further. The author dose give us a wonderful...
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