Publisher's Synopsis
'A strange and original work of art that manages to be both genuinely terrifying and undeniably joyful...In this dark poetic myth, Emma Glass takes on the big issues: good and evil, violence, redemption.' George Saunders author of Lincoln in the Bardo
Something has happened to Peach. It hurts to walk but she staggers home to parents that don't seem to notice. They can't keep their hands off each other and, besides, they have a new infant, sweet and wobbly as a jelly baby. Peach must patch herself up alone so she can go to college and see her boyfriend, Green. But sleeping is hard when she is haunted by the gaping memory of a mouth, and working is hard when burning sausage fat fills her nostrils, and eating is impossible when her stomach is swollen tight as a drum. In this dazzling debut, Emma Glass articulates the unspeakable with breath-taking clarity and verve. Intensely physical, with rhythmic, visceral prose, Peach marks the arrival of a visionary new voice.
'Choose wisely the moment when you pick up Peach because once you do you'll be unable to put it down until the very last sentence.' Kamila Shamsie author of Home Fire
