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What a Shame

The must read literary debut for fans of Emma Gannon, Holly Bourne and Caroline O'Dononghue

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What a Shame

De : Abigail Bergstrom
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 Adults meets little scratch in this bold, funny and tender debut, which captures the pain of heartbreak and the universal heat of female shame through a very unique journey towards self-acceptance.

'Absorbing and clever, I fell in love with Mathilda'
Cathy Rentzenbrink

The idea of a curse was divisive, but the assertion that I had, for some time now, been 'laden with something dark' was disconcertingly unanimous.

I wondered if this was something you also saw in me, if that was why you left.

There is something wrong with Mathilda.

She's still reeling from the blow of a gut-punch break up and grieving the death of a loved one.

But that's not it.

She's cried all her tears, mastered her crow pose and thrown out every last reminder of him.

But that's not helping.

Concerned that she isn't moving on, Mathilda's friends push her towards a series of increasingly unorthodox remedies.

Until the seams of herself begin to come undone.

Tender, unflinching and blisteringly funny, What a Shame glitters with rage and heartbreak, an offers up the joy of self-acceptance through an extraordinary rite of passage to overcome the prickly heat of female shame.

(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd©2021 Abigail Bergstrom Amitié Fiction Humour noir Littérature et fiction Passage à l'âge adulte Roman féminin

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An intelligent, moving and darkly comic debut, taking us deftly from serious explorations of trauma and consent to riotously funny scenes of modern life - it's like Fleabag with a sprinkling of the occult.
Tipped to be THE hit book of 2022
Affecting, clever and blisteringly humorous... a riveting read about heartbreak, female shame and self-acceptance (Sarra Manning)
Hits the nail on the head . . . above all it's a really beautiful portrayal of female friendship. (Laura Hackett)
Dazzling . . . By turns funny, sharp, raw and overwhelming, this is one of those novels where you think you are exploring someone else's pain, only to realise you are actually exploring your own (Read of the Week)
Alternately haunting and hilarious . . . an original and zeitgeisty story about grief, friendship, secrets, shame and self-acceptance.
It's LOL, ever-so-relatable and will also have you weeping into a snotty tissue. Love, love, love
A modern story of grief and loss
Bergstrom's prose, and especially the core dynamic of Mathilda and her friends (a coven of voice notes and anxious love) has a sweet verisimilitude that is delightfully frank, (re)inscribing warmth and intimacy for warmth and intimacy's sakes. And if it all seems a bit familiar - the millennial hodgepodge of tarot, bad dates, housemates and female trauma - well, maybe this is also the point. Maybe these stories are more common than we want to believe.
Absorbing and clever . . . I fell in love with Mathilda (Cathy Rentzenbrink)
Raw and unexpected and weird and utterly brilliant (Otegha Uwagba)
As soon as I finished the final page of What a Shame a deep ache set in. Written by one of the cleverest and boldest writers I've ever read, it is a powerful, beautiful, fascinating novel that will be read for years by any and all young women looking for a friend. I already miss Mathilda. (Scarlett Curtis)
Comparisons to Sally Rooney are inevitable, but this heartfelt, sharp-yet-tender novel earns its own place in the spotlight (Erin Kelly)
What A Shame weaves eternal themes of grief and heartbreak against a modern canvas that is clear and recognisable. There's a piercing sense of what happens when your tragedy becomes your anecdote, and your anecdote becomes tiring to the people around you. Full of heart, wit and feeling, Bergstrom is a new voice but sure to be an enduring one. (Caroline O'Donoghue)
A brilliant debut (Cariad Lloyd)
Raw, poignant, haunting (and hilarious!)... In Mathilda, Bergstrom has created a clear-eyed heroine for a new generation. (Sam Baker)
Truly captivating, blisteringly funny, so clever and perceptive and beautifully written. It made me want to voicenote all my friends immediately. I loved it! (Lauren Bravo)
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