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Breaststrokes
Margaux Vialleron
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Description for Breaststrokes
Hardcover.
Sharply observed and painfully relatable, Breaststrokes is a novel that seems to emerge from the haze of our current time. This story of unexpected encounters and intimacies is perfect for fans of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Beautiful World, Where Are You.
Cloe and Gertrude and the Jenkins-Bell sisters, Mathilde and Sarah, have never met. They are strangers who share a city.
It is Sunday morning. Cloe has woken-up in someone else’s home; Gertrude starts her shift in the pub kitchen, while Mathilde and Sarah are on their way to lunch.
Soon, these four women’s lives will overlap.
... Read more
Sharply observed and painfully relatable, Breaststrokes is a novel that seems to emerge from the haze of our current time. This story of unexpected encounters and intimacies is perfect for fans of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Beautiful World, Where Are You.
Cloe and Gertrude and the Jenkins-Bell sisters, Mathilde and Sarah, have never met. They are strangers who share a city.
It is Sunday morning. Cloe has woken-up in someone else’s home; Gertrude starts her shift in the pub kitchen, while Mathilde and Sarah are on their way to lunch.
Soon, these four women’s lives will overlap.
... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Simon & Schuster (UK)
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781398525771
SKU
9781398525771
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Margaux Vialleron
Margaux Vialleron is a writer and co-host of the SPK Book Club, a podcast, reading and culinary community. Her short stories and essays have been published in magazines including Harper's Bazaar and Compound Butter. She is the author of The Yellow Kitchen and Breaststrokes is her second novel. Read more from Margaux by subscribing to her substack newsletter, The Onion Papers, or connect with her on ... Read more
Reviews for Breaststrokes
'Breaststrokes is a study of womanhood, vulnerability, and the secrecy of the inner-life. Vialleron’s writing is laced with a love for these women who can barely love themselves. A novel for anyone interested in the way the body keeps score or in the complex intimacies between women’
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan ‘Reading Breaststrokes felt a little like watching ribbons unfurl – or ... Read more
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan ‘Reading Breaststrokes felt a little like watching ribbons unfurl – or ... Read more