Hot Little Hands
Fiction
by Abigail Ulman
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Pub Date Sep 27 2016 | Archive Date Jun 02 2016
Penguin Books (UK) | Viking
Description
Hot Little Hands immerses us in the world of eight young women at a time when the line between adolescence and adulthood blurs, and life can be thrilling and unnerving all at once. These are stories about break-ups that last longer than relationships; about sexual encounters, both real and imagined; about stumbling on the fringes of innocence and the marks desire can leave. About a desperate longing for maturity - and what happens when you finally attain it.
In this wry and exhilarating debut, Abigail Ulman takes a disquieting look at the excruciating cruelties and surprising power of being a young woman.
In this wry and exhilarating debut, Abigail Ulman takes a disquieting look at the excruciating cruelties and surprising power of being a young woman.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780241974902 |
| PRICE | CA$18.99 (CAD) |
Featured Reviews
Roman C, Reviewer
The stories in this collection exist in the risky spaces of youthful female desire and return to questions of innocence and experience. The young women here are often slightly adrift, though they don't always know or recognise this, as they veer in and out of sexual relationships.
Ulman's writing is compelling, drawing us into her slightly elliptical world with ease. The stories themselves are set around the world rather than being the product of a single culture. Though they are slice-of-life stories with undefined and unresolved endings, a mood builds up through and across the collection. These girls think they can have it all, but too often they don't yet even know what 'it' is that they want. A haunting debut - recommended.
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