TY  - BOOK
AU  - Little,Liv
TI  - Rosewater
SN  - 9780349702957 (hbk.) :
AV  - PR6112 
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - Dialogue Books
KW  - Lesbians
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Fiction of LGBTQ+ Interest
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Fiction & related items
KW  - thema
KW  - Modern & contemporary fiction
KW  - Fiction: general & literary
KW  - Romance
KW  - Family life fiction
KW  - Humorous fiction
KW  - Narrative theme: Coming of age
KW  - Relating to ethnic minorities & groups
KW  - Relating to African American people
KW  - Relating to LGBTQ+ people
KW  - Lesbian
KW  - Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities
N2  - The sensational debut novel by Liv Little, founder of gal-dem. Rosewater asks, what happens when you fall through the cracks?; A deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel about discovering love where it has always been."Wonderfully fresh, zesty and sexy" BERNARDINE EVARISTO author of Girl, Woman, Other"A story that seeps into you the way warm sunshine does at the final edges of winter"NICOLE DENNIS-BENN author of Here Comes the Sun"Frank, sexy and so tender. Little's pen shines" BOLU BABALOLA author of Love in Colour"An effervescent and irresistible new voice." COCO MELLORS author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein"Bold and beautiful . . . [a] bracing contemporary voice" MIKE JACKSON, JOHN LEGEND and TY STIKLORIUSElsie is a sexy, funny, and fiercely independent woman living in South London. But, at just 28, she is also tired. Though she spends her days writing tender poetry in her journal, her nights are spent working long hours for minimum wage at a neighbourhood gay bar.The difficulty of being estranged from her family, struggle of being continually rejected from jobs, and fear of never making money doing what she loves, is too great. But Elsie is determined to keep the faith, for a little longer at least. Things will surely turn around. They have to.As she tries to breathe through the panic attacks, sleeping with her hot and spirited co-worker Bea isn't exactly straightforward and offers Elsie just another place to hide.As Elsie tries to reconnect with her best friend Juliet, her fragile world spirals out of control. Can Elsie steady herself and not fall through the cracks?
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