Calling to mind smart, deadpan and unrepentant novels such as The New Me and My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Sophie McCreesh's distinctive and arresting debut novel is about a young woman on the brink of self-destruction.
Once More, With Feeling
follows Jane, a student artist navigating her closest relationships
while fixating on her own perceived failures and self-imposed isolation.
When Jane receives a grant to attend a workshop in London, England, she
sees the opportunity to leave her tedious life behind and start anew,
bringing along her new friend Kitty, who Jane will not admit she has
little in common with other than a shared appreciation for boxed wine
and various other drugs.
In London, Jane struggles to improve
both her craft and her mindset while Kitty thrives, and a once exciting
trip abroad transforms the already uneven dynamic of their friendship,
leaving Jane feeling more withdrawn than ever. As her increasingly
destructive behaviour gets in the way of her artistic ambitions, her
most important relationships--those with Kitty, her absent lover Richard
and a discredited therapist named Anna--begin to deteriorate as Jane
starts to examine her growing dependence on substances.
Darkly funny, piercing and tender, Once More, With Feeling
is a portrait of a detached young woman trapped in the perils of
self-loathing and addiction, who is searching for individuality in an
age of profound social disconnection and anxiety.
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