Greta and Valdin: Shortlisted for The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2024
Feb 2024 · Random House
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***SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024***
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
'Delightfully confident . . . a total pleasure' TIMES
'Warm, witty and utterly idiosyncratic' ALICE SLATER
'Hilarious, touching and hotly sublime' JULIA ARMFIELD
'Lovable and joyful' NEW YORK TIMES
A BROTHER. A SISTER. A LOT OF EMOTION IN ONE APARTMENT.
This is the story of Greta and Valdin: twenty-something brother and sister with a near-unpronounceable surname, a sprawling Maori-Russian-Catalonian family and questionable taste in partners.
While Valdin can’t seem to get over his ex-boyfriend who fled the country, Greta has an unrequited crush on fellow English tutor Holly, who uses her for admin support. But all hope is not lost for these lovelorn siblings. Through the misadventures and mess of modern adulthood, at least they still have each other — unless drama gets in the way.
From bad dates to family feuds and embarrassing karaoke nights, this acclaimed bestseller from New Zealand is a fresh, heartwarming and hilarious story about the trials and tribulations of love in its many forms.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
'Delightfully confident . . . a total pleasure' TIMES
'Warm, witty and utterly idiosyncratic' ALICE SLATER
'Hilarious, touching and hotly sublime' JULIA ARMFIELD
'Lovable and joyful' NEW YORK TIMES
A BROTHER. A SISTER. A LOT OF EMOTION IN ONE APARTMENT.
This is the story of Greta and Valdin: twenty-something brother and sister with a near-unpronounceable surname, a sprawling Maori-Russian-Catalonian family and questionable taste in partners.
While Valdin can’t seem to get over his ex-boyfriend who fled the country, Greta has an unrequited crush on fellow English tutor Holly, who uses her for admin support. But all hope is not lost for these lovelorn siblings. Through the misadventures and mess of modern adulthood, at least they still have each other — unless drama gets in the way.
From bad dates to family feuds and embarrassing karaoke nights, this acclaimed bestseller from New Zealand is a fresh, heartwarming and hilarious story about the trials and tribulations of love in its many forms.
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2.5
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Noah Williams
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June 20, 2024
It is bad book wast of money
k jones
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June 10, 2024
Disgusting book
chris evans
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June 14, 2024
Good book
About the author
Rebecca K Reilly (Ngaati Hine, Ngaati Rehua Ngaatiwai ki Aotea) is a Maaori novelist from Waitaakere, New Zealand. She has a BA (hons) in German and European studies from the University of Auckland and an MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington, where she won the Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing for 2019.
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