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| Verlag | Gallic Books |
| Auflage | 2023 |
| Seiten | 264 |
| Format | 13,8 x 2,1 x 22,2 cm |
| Gewicht | 284 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781913547509 |
| Bestell-Nr | 91354750UA |
On the pretence of researching her latest project, a New Zealand writer leaves her life and bolts to Berlin when she discovers her late mother may have passed on the gene for Huntington's disease.
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'Chaotic modernity is . . . narrated with astute clarity' i-D Magazine
A fearless novel that tackles a difficult subject, I laugh me broken tells the story of a woman finding the courage to face her genetic heritage.
When Ginny makes contact with her estranged relatives and discovers that her genetic heritage may contain a devastating fault, she bolts to Berlin, leaving her loving fiancé in the dark.
Rather than face up to the life-changing implications of this news, she loses herself in the transient, hedonistic city. As she meets its inhabitants and absorbs their tangle of stories, she tries to gather the courage to take the genetic test that will either free her or define her future.
I laugh me broken is a sharply-drawn, courageous novel exploring the human condition, the inescapability of the past and the choices that are ours to make.
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Praise for I laugh me broken
'Chaotic modernity is . . . narrated with astute clarity in Bridget van der Zijpp's new novel. Leaving behind her past to run away to Berlin, the narrator of I Laugh Me Broken descends into a personal spiral in the city as she becomes undone' i-D
'Gives a sense of the way that life continues to be beautiful, funny, and worth living even when we're in the middle of wrestling with questions that have no good answers . . . I didn't expect a novel about a woman deciding whether to find out if she has a horrible disease to make me laugh so much' Sara Taylor, author of The Lauras
'A beautifully written novel, keenly observed, with a vivid cast of characters.' Saga Magazine
'A poignant time capsule, a surprising love story and a clever take on the hapless-woman-finds-herself genre' New Zealand Herald
Praise for Bridget van der Zijpp
'Packed full of astute observation, spinning towards a crisis which doe sn't have a predictable outcome' Linda Herrick, New Zealand Herald
'Finely tuned observations of relationships and identity, and how easily they can be the making or undoing of each other' Sam Finnemore, New Zealand Listener
'An adult, thought-provoking and gripping story on a real social issue' Steve Walker, Sunday Star-Times