"Fiercely funny and brilliantly observed, travel with Lucie as she greets office life and finds a love affair."
Well now, this is utterly fabulous, it’s sharp and pointed, amusing and witty, and full of the deeply emotional chaos that comes from travelling through joy into heartache. Lucie starts a new job and with that comes a love affair, consumed and obsessed, her chosen path leads her to a number of realisations about life. Author Madeleine Gray, has the ability to peel back layers of everyday existence and bring them to the fore. From minute detailing through to the chasm of life itself, she pounces, words flowing from the page and sparking into existence. The descriptions of office life had me smirking and wincing. Lucie is so honest and forthright and really very funny, yet my heart aches for her. There is an innocence and hopefulness that nestled into my thoughts, even as I shook my head in disbelief. Chosen as a LoveReading Star Book and Liz Pick of the Month due to the stunning examination of love in its different forms, from family to friendship, romantic and passionate love, and then perhaps most importantly the love of self-worth and respect. So smart and darkly amusing, Green Dot sits as an exclamation mark against life, and comes as highly recommended by our team.
| Primary Genre | Romance / Relationship Stories |
| Other Genres: | |
| Recommendations: |
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.
Green Dot features in the following genres: Romance / Relationship Stories, Book Club Recommendations, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Humorous Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Fiction, Australia, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, General Fiction, Fiction: narrative themes, Australia and New Zealand / Aotearoa, Australasia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Atlantic Islands, Place qualifiers
Green Dot is available in Paperback, Hardback
Green Dot was written by Madeleine Gray and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson an imprint of Orion
Green Dot has 376 pages
£8.99
.jpeg)
