Coco Mellors

Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister's death in this unforgettable story of grief, identity, and the complexities of family. The three Blue sisters are exceptional—and exceptionally different. Avery, the eldest and a recovering heroin addict turned strait-laced lawyer, lives with her wife in London; Bonnie, a former boxer, works as a bouncer in Los Angeles following a devastating defeat; and Lucky, the youngest, models in Paris while trying to outrun her hard-partying ways. They also had a fourth sister, Nicky, whose unexpected death left Avery, Bonnie, and Lucky reeling. A year later, as they each navigate grief, addiction, and ambition, they find they must return to New York to stop the sale of the apartment they were raised in. But coming home is never as easy as it seems. As the sisters reckon with the disappointments of their childhood and the loss of the only person who held them together, they realize the greatest secrets they've been keeping might not have been from each other, but from themselves.

Nova Iorque está a escapar por entre os dedos de Cleo, que fugiu de Inglaterra em busca do seu lugar na cidade que nunca dorme. Apesar de andar de festa em festa todas as noites, quase não conhece ninguém. O seu visto de estudante está a terminar quando conhece Frank, vinte anos mais velho, com uma vida cheia de sucesso e todos os excessos que faltam a Cleo. Ele oferece-lhe a oportunidade de ser feliz, a liberdade para pintar e a possibilidade de se candidatar a um visto de residente. Ela oferece-lhe uma vida imbuída de beleza, arte e, talvez, uma razão para reduzir o seu consumo de álcool. Ele é tudo o que ela precisa neste momento. Cleo e Frank casam impulsivamente sem prever que isso irá mudar irreversivelmente tanto as suas vidas, como as de todos em seu redor, seja a do melhor amigo de Cleo a tentar compreender a sua identidade de género, seja a da irmã financeiramente dependente de Frank que começa a sair com homens mais velhos quando fica sem dinheiro, ou mesmo as de Cleo e Frank, que estão a descobrir as provações do casamento e da doença mental. Cleopatra e Frankenstein é um romance de estreia surpreendente e dolorosamente tocante sobre as decisões espontâneas que moldam a nossa vida e as relações imperfeitas que nascem em noites inesperadamente perfeitas.

For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage. Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a Green Card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives, and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could've predicted. Each compulsively readable chapter explores the lives of Cleo, Frank, and an unforgettable cast of their closest friends and family as they grow up and grow older. Whether it's Cleo's best friend struggling to embrace his gender queerness in the wake of Cleo's marriage, or Frank's financially dependent sister arranging sugar daddy dates to support herself after being cut off, or Cleo and Frank themselves as they discover the trials of marriage and mental illness, each character is as absorbing, and painfully relatable, as the last. As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, entertaining as it is deeply moving, Cleopatra and Frankenstein marks the entry of a brilliant and bold new talent.