Harmless Like You
by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
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Pub Date Aug 30 2016 | Archive Date Aug 16 2016
Hachette Australia | Hodder
Description
This title has been listed for readers in Australia & New Zealand. If you are in the UK, US or other territories please search for your edition, if listed.
An exciting new voice in fiction captures the fragile personal histories of an estranged mother and son.
Written in startlingly beautiful prose, HARMLESS LIKE YOU is set across New York, Berlin and Connecticut, following the stories of Yuki Oyama, a Japanese girl fighting to make it as an artist, and Yuki's son Jay who, as an adult in the present day, is forced to confront his mother who abandoned him when he was only two years old.
HARMLESS LIKE YOU is an unforgettable novel about the complexities of identity, art, adolescent friendships and familial bonds, offering a unique exploration of love, loneliness and reconciliation.
An exciting new voice in fiction captures the fragile personal histories of an estranged mother and son.
Written in startlingly beautiful prose, HARMLESS LIKE YOU is set across New York, Berlin and Connecticut, following the stories of Yuki Oyama, a Japanese girl fighting to make it as an artist, and Yuki's son Jay who, as an adult in the present day, is forced to confront his mother who abandoned him when he was only two years old.
HARMLESS LIKE YOU is an unforgettable novel about the complexities of identity, art, adolescent friendships and familial bonds, offering a unique exploration of love, loneliness and reconciliation.
Advance Praise
Sublime - calm, profound, beautifully controlled and with startling splashes of colour. - Chris Cleave
Impressive debut . . . sensitively explores loneliness and the desire to belong against the need for freedom, both personal and artistic. - Bookseller, Editor's Pick
With luminous prose, unflinching honesty, and compelling narrative drive . . . HARMLESS LIKE YOU is a stunning debut that reads like the work of a seasoned novelist. - JUDITH MITCHELL, author of A Reunion of Ghosts
Impressive debut . . . sensitively explores loneliness and the desire to belong against the need for freedom, both personal and artistic. - Bookseller, Editor's Pick
With luminous prose, unflinching honesty, and compelling narrative drive . . . HARMLESS LIKE YOU is a stunning debut that reads like the work of a seasoned novelist. - JUDITH MITCHELL, author of A Reunion of Ghosts
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781473638334 |
| PRICE | A$32.99 (AUD) |
