Dramatic Problem Solving

2019 年夏天，倫敦進入最炎熱的一週。30 歲的 Maggie 意外懷孕，沒錢又不確定該不該和男友 Ed 生下這個孩子；Ed 則有些話藏在心裡。Phil 厭倦日復一日的工作，愛上了已名草有主的室友 Keith；而他的母親 Rosaleen 剛被診斷出癌症，想在週末親口告訴兒子。人生的選擇、情感的糾結、政治的不安，在這個週末一併湧現。'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN' SHON FAYE'A MASTERPIECE. THIS SEARING TALE OF LOVE, SEX AND CLASS WILL RESONATE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME' OWEN JONES'I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY ITS BEAUTY AND HUMANITY' COCO MELLORS'Electric and intimate' Guardian'Impossibly, ineffably beautiful’ Russell T Davies'Intoxicating' Irish TimesLondon, June 2019. Maggie is 30, pregnant and broke. Faced with moving back to the home town she fought to escape, she’s wondering if having a baby with boyfriend Ed will be the last spontaneous act of her life. Ed, meanwhile, is harbouring secret dreams of his own.Phil hates his office job and is living for the weekend, while falling for his housemate, Keith. But there’s a problem: Keith already has a boyfriend. Then there’s Rosaleen, Phil’s mother, who’s tired of feeling like a side character in her own life. She’s j

Quinn總覺得自己和家人有點格格不入。直到某天，她發現自己還有十六位來自同一位捐贈者的兄弟姊妹，心裡燃起了尋找「真正像自己的人」的希望。但在追尋的過程中，她也必須面對誤解與混亂。本書是一段關於探索身分、學習傾聽與成長的故事，溫柔陪伴每個正在找尋自我的讀者。A fresh take on family and what it means to fit in. Hugely commercial and filled with heart, this book is for every reader who needs help being true to themselves. Perfect for fans of Sarah Hagger-Holt and Benjamin Dean.Donor conceived Quinn loves her family, but she often feels the odd one out. Not only because she’s the only one with red hair and green eyes, but because she would rather be quietly drawing than surfing or rock-climbing or whatever mad activity her mums and brother Olly might like to do on holiday.But when Quinn’s mums tell her and Olly they have sixteen donor siblings, Quinn is really excited. Maybe one of them will be more like her! The only problem is her parents want them to wait until they are older to contact anyone.As she tries to secretly find out more, Quinn starts to lose sight of what’s really important – especially when she starts