Book description
‘Bold, playful, generous and lush, it’s a story that feels both timeless and urgent – I loved it. Gorgeously and relentlessly queer!’ DAISY BUCHANANA lover. A bartender. A husband. An artist. A student.A poet. A sex worker. A welder. A drag queen. A mother.As the sun sets over the city streets, ten ordinary lives collide with extraordinary consequences.From thrilling first meetings and impulsive liaisons, to messy misunderstandings and passionate reconciliations, each connection has the potential to be the start of something, or already hints at its own ending.Yet uniting them all is the desire to find true intimacy in a fractured modern world – to see, and to truly be seen…A razor-sharp, intoxicating and thought-provoking novel of ten interlocking sexual encounters that will appeal to fans of Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney, and ‘Modern Love’ from the New York Times.Praise for Holly Williams:‘It’s the new One Day‘ FABULOUS‘Delightful, insightful and immersive’ KATE EBERLEN‘Invigorating [and] fascinating’ GUARDIAN‘A brilliant, witty, defiantly unsentimental examination of privilege and class and sex and selfhood’ MARIANNE LEVY, THE i‘Invigorating…combines the fizz of a romance with an earnest inquiry into the vastly changing fortunes of women, along with questions of class and privilege’ Hephzibah Anderson, THE OBSERVER‘A fabulous love story and insightful social history in one’ CLAIRE ALFREE, METRO‘An unforgettable story with writing that sparkles: a gem of a read’ HOLLY MILLER‘A stunning, skilful, deftly drawn novel. Prose so good I couldn’t stop underlining’ LAUREN BRAVO‘Wonderful and original’ ELAINE FEENEY
K-9
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience