Rosie Price

*An Observer Hottest-Tipped Debut Novelist of 2019 and Elle One To Watch* 'A deeply necessary book, elegant and assured even as it burns at the centre with cool, clear-eyed rage' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure 'Kate Quaile,' he said. 'I like your name.' Kate frowned. 'How do you know my name?' Throughout their four years at university, Kate and Max are inseparable. For him, she breaks her solitude; for her, he leaves his busy circles behind. But loving Max means knowing his family, the wealthy Rippons, all generosity, social ease and quiet repression. Theirs is not Kate's world. At their London home, just after graduation, her life is shattered apart in a bedroom while a party goes on downstairs. What Red Was explores the effects of trauma on mind and body, the tyrannies of memory, the sacrifices involved in staying silent, the courage of a young woman in speaking out. And when Kate does, this question: whose story is it now? 'I think this is the best debut fiction I've ever read... If you like David Nicholls, Tessa Hadley, Elizabeth Day, Meg Wolitzer, Donna Tartt...it's exceptional' Pandora Sykes The High Low

What Red Was

A Novel

Jakuta Alikavazovic

Kate et Max se rencontrent à l’université et deviennent immédiatement deux amis inséparables. Kate fait la connaissance de la famille de Max – une famille bourgeoise, cultivée, très différente de la sienne – qui l’accueille à bras ouverts. Mais lors d’une fête, pendant que la soirée bat son plein, le cousin de Max entraîne Kate dans une chambre à l’étage. Elle n’ose pas refuser et la porte se referme. Sa vie s’écroule alors, seconde après seconde. Ses yeux fixent le ruban écarlate cousu dans le col du garçon pendant que celui-ci la viole ; pour Kate, le rouge ne sera plus jamais une couleur.

Ce premier roman de Rosie Price nous offre une réflexion subtile et poignante sur la mémoire traumatique, le sacrifice que l’on consent au silence et le courage de nommer. Il explore le lent retour à la vie d’une jeune femme après un viol sans coups ni cris, mais aussi les réactions d’une famille lorsque l’un des siens est accusé. Un texte fulgurant, la naissance d’une écrivaine britannique majeure.

Le rouge n'est plus une couleur

For fans of My Dark Vanessa, Netflix's Unbelievable, Sally Rooney, and Susan Choi, an important novel about modern love, consent, and toxic inheritance from a brilliant new voice. A Belletrist Book Pick "[A] masterful, incisive debut... reminiscent of Donna Tartt or Edward St. Aubyn."--USA Today(four out of four stars) When Kate Quaile meets Max Rippon the first week of university, so begins a life-changing friendship. Over the next four years, the two become inseparable. But knowing Max means knowing his family: the wealthy Rippons, all generosity, social ease, and quiet repression. Until one evening at a summer party at their home, Kate's life is shattered in a bedroom while the music plays on downstairs. And she is forced to make a choice: to speak up or stay silent. Incisively exploring the effects of trauma on the mind and body of a young woman, What Red Was is piercing novel of power, privilege, and consent from a fearless new voice.

Larry Price

Susan Kammeraad-Campbell

Joggling Board Press

"What is it about a black water river that causes travelers to slow their pace, breathe deeper and move in harmony with its flow? It draws us back again and again, the steady rhythm unchanged by time or the efforts of man, a siren's song calling us to return." And so begins EDISTO RIVER: BLACK WATER CROWN JEWEL, a journey of words and photographs of the longest free-flowing black water river in North America. From the South Carolina Midlands to the coastal shore of the Lowcountry, the Edisto River winds more than 300 unobstructed miles to the Atlantic Ocean. Because of its life-giving, nutrient-rich waters, the Edisto River is one of the most productive and necessary places on earth. But it is also one of the most beautiful. Even on foggy or cloudy days, its black water is a perfect mirror, reflecting a world of color, its low sandy banks a stage for daily performances in the theater of natural and human history. Open this book and enjoy the journey.

Rosie Price

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