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Hera is in her mid-twenties, which seems young to everyone except people in their mid-twenties. Since leaving school, she has been trying to kick and scream into existence a life she cares about, but with little success so far.
Until she meets Arthur.
He works with her, he is older than her, he is also married. But in her soulless office-the large cold room she feels destined to spend her life in-he is a source of much-needed sustenance. And though Hera has previously dated women, she soon falls headlong into a workplace romance that will quickly consume her life.
Laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving and whip smart, Green Dot is a story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises nothing and the winding, torturous, often hilarious journey we take in deciding who we are and who we want to be.
'I wolfed Green Dot down over two nights. An incredibly funny book about a woman having an affair that's a really bad idea. Every sentence sparkles.' - Caitlin Moran, author of How to Be a Woman
'Brilliant. Riveting. Sharp. Funny. Dark. I want to give Green Dot all the adjectives but will content myself with saying it is one of the best books you will read all year.' - Elizabeth Day, host of the How to Fail podcast
'I felt so much joy reading this utterly assured writing. Green Dot is written with such poise, such confidence, I could not look away. I was mesmerised by its sheer brilliance.' - Jessie Tu, author of A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing
'If you liked Fleabag you will love Green Dot.' - Pandora Sykes
'I am obsessed with this book. I am obsessed with Hera, with her dad, her friends, her dog. I am obsessed with how funny she is, and how hopeful and dark and tender and bleak the world is through her eyes. Green Dot is a book about love, and how stupid and funny and absolutely beautiful life can be. I would read it forever if I could.' - Laura McPhee-Browne, author of Cherry Beach
'Laugh-out-loud funny and beautifully, brutally relatable - Green Dot is a book that will stay with me for a very long time.' - Ewa Ramsey, author of The Morbids
'Incredibly funny and a bit too real. This debut novel captures the zeitgeist.' - Brigid Delaney, author of Reasons Not to Worry and Wellmania
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Hera is in her mid-twenties, which seems young to everyone except people in their mid-twenties. Since leaving school, she has been trying to kick and scream into existence a life she cares about, but with little success so far.
Until she meets Arthur.
He works with her, he is older than her, he is also married. But in her soulless office-the large cold room she feels destined to spend her life in-he is a source of much-needed sustenance. And though Hera has previously dated women, she soon falls headlong into a workplace romance that will quickly consume her life.
Laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving and whip smart, Green Dot is a story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises nothing and the winding, torturous, often hilarious journey we take in deciding who we are and who we want to be.
'I wolfed Green Dot down over two nights. An incredibly funny book about a woman having an affair that's a really bad idea. Every sentence sparkles.' - Caitlin Moran, author of How to Be a Woman
'Brilliant. Riveting. Sharp. Funny. Dark. I want to give Green Dot all the adjectives but will content myself with saying it is one of the best books you will read all year.' - Elizabeth Day, host of the How to Fail podcast
'I felt so much joy reading this utterly assured writing. Green Dot is written with such poise, such confidence, I could not look away. I was mesmerised by its sheer brilliance.' - Jessie Tu, author of A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing
'If you liked Fleabag you will love Green Dot.' - Pandora Sykes
'I am obsessed with this book. I am obsessed with Hera, with her dad, her friends, her dog. I am obsessed with how funny she is, and how hopeful and dark and tender and bleak the world is through her eyes. Green Dot is a book about love, and how stupid and funny and absolutely beautiful life can be. I would read it forever if I could.' - Laura McPhee-Browne, author of Cherry Beach
'Laugh-out-loud funny and beautifully, brutally relatable - Green Dot is a book that will stay with me for a very long time.' - Ewa Ramsey, author of The Morbids
'Incredibly funny and a bit too real. This debut novel captures the zeitgeist.' - Brigid Delaney, author of Reasons Not to Worry and Wellmania
What is it about human nature that is so enticed by the thought of chasing something we were never meant to have? Do we each have a forbidden fruit we shouldn’t taste? What happens when we don’t just taste it, but also devour it without looking back?
Hera has no idea what she wants. She’s in her mid-20s, still living with her dad, and works as an underpaid comment moderator, with no desire for any particular job. When she meets Arthur, an older, married colleague, she falls head over heels with their workplace affair and Arthur’s promise to leave his wife, when they can finally love each other with no shame, secrecy or money spent on cheap hostels. But the verity of Arthur’s promises becomes emptier as he continually postpones telling his wife the truth, saying that he just needs to ‘wait for the right time’.
As Hera’s love for Arthur deepens, she becomes obsessed with watching the green ‘active’ status dot on his Instagram fanatically, hoping to see a message from him that they can be together. I couldn’t help but compare it to Gatsby with the green light. These symbols convey an endless yearning and unwavering love, one’s hopes and dreams for the future, and a craving for another who wants you too, but will never leave what they have for you. For Hera, love is like donating blood, but the needle is never removed. Love can be a consuming and draining force – the mental and emotional exhaustion begs you to question how long one can survive in a one-sided relationship, one where you always give but never gain, and when it’s time to let it go.
This gorgeous, funny and painfully heartfelt novel is an ode to love, in all its traitorous, ugly, desperate, hopeful, and enchanting forms. I never wanted to say goodbye
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