In At The Deep End
Author(s): Kate Davies
A Finalist for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction One of Autostraddle's Best Queer Books of 2019
A deliciously disarming debut novel about atwenty-somethingLondoner who discovers that she may have been looking for loveand pleasurein all the wrong places (i.e., from men).
Julia has had enough. Enough of the sex noises her roommate makes. Enough of her dead-end government job. Enough of the one-night stand who accused her of breaking his penis. The only thing she hasnt had enough of is orgasms; she hasnt had proper sex in three years.
So when Julia gets invited to a warehouse party in a part of town where trendy people who have lots of sex go on a Friday night, she readily accepts. And that night she meets someone: a figurative artist who also happens to be a woman.
Julias sexual awakening begins; her new lesbian life is exhilarating. She finds her tribe atqueer swing-dancing classes, and guided by her new lover Sam, she soon discovers Londonsgay bars and BDSM clubsand the complexities of polyamory.Soon it becomes clear that Sam needs to call the shots, and Juliasnewfound liberation comes to bear a suspicious resemblance to entrapment . . .
In at the Deep End is an unforgettable and audacious odyssey through the pitfalls and seductions we encounter on the treacherous path to love and self.
Review(s):
A Finalist for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction One of iBooks' 2019 Most Anticipated Books A Publishers Marketplace Buzz Book One of Autostraddle's Best Queer Books of 2019 "Everyone must read this book. It's absolutely hilarious and devastating. I've never read something so brilliant."Ruby Rose [A]raucous and raunchycomedy of (bad) manners.O, the Oprah Magazine, "30 of the Best LGBTQ Books That'll Change the Literary Landscape in 2019" "Without a doubt,In at the Deep Endby Kate Davies, is the afterparty book for anyone looking to extend their 'Fleabag' fun...Davies' book is raucous, sexy, poignant and smart,and is definitely the most fun you will have with lesbian BDSM short of doing it yourself."Hadley Freeman, Guardian(UK) "This laugh out loud funny British tale follows Julia as she discovers shes been looking for love and pleasure from the wrong place: men. As she explores her new lesbian life, Julia starts dating Sam. What starts out as liberating soon turns dark."Autostraddle, "55 of the Best Queer Books of 2019" "The beauty of this novel is not the copious amounts of beautiful queer intimacy, though thats also a validating and important part of it. Rather, the beauty of this novel is how adeptly Davies captures the surreal experience of coming out and being out of ones depthand she manages to do it with humility and a good deal of humor, to boot...We need stories like these in the world. We need raw stories of how challenging and fun and beautiful and complicated and obsessive this love can be. We need visibility for abuse within queer relationships. And we need levity, for Gods sake, we do. Thank goodness this novel exists. We can expect great things from Kate Davies."Lambda Literary Review Not since Lady GagasBad Romancehas a piece of art so perfectly captured the exhilarating rush and sweet self-sabotage of a toxic relationship and the cruel truth that sometimes love and obsession are hard to tell apart. Rah rah ah-ah-ah!Camille Perri,author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy "I read In at the Deep End in a laughing (sometimes cringing) flash and then handed it to my wife who did the same. And then we talked and talked about it. (And then we made out.)"Emily M. Danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "A sapphic sexual odyssey...In this energetically explicit new take on the coming-of-age lesbian novel, Julia is a 26-year-old civil servant who wants a more exciting sex life...You can feel the influences here FleabagandGirls but weirdly enough the strongest voice is Bridget Jones."Guardian (UK) This is a book about sex andlotsof it. Julia breaks a long dry spell with an awakening at a party; she doesn't like men and never has. She dives head-first into her new lesbian identity and has lots of adventures. The sweet, clever novel places a woman's sexual coming-of-age on a pedestal.&nb
ISBN:9780358299592
