What a Shame

What a Shame
Abigail Bergstrom
RRP:
NZ$ 37.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 30.39
Trade Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 272pg
3 Feb 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781529367010
Out Of Stock
Currently no stock in-store, stock is sourced to your order

Click to view other formats:
9781529367072 UK Hardback $48.00

' Absorbing and clever, I fell in love with Mathilda' Cathy Rentzenbrink' A glorious new talent has arrived' Emma Gannon' Full of heart, wit and feeling' Caroline O' Donoghue' Fizzes with energy, rage and love' Jessica Moor' A sterling debut . . . Mathilda' s chilling but ultimately redemptive story will stay with me' Laura Jane WilliamsThe idea of a curse was divisive, but the assertion that I had, for some time now, been ' laden with something dark' was disconcertingly unanimous. I wondered if this was something you also saw in me, if that was why you left. There is something wrong with Mathilda. She' s still reeling from the blow of a gut-punch break up and grieving the death of a loved one. But that' s not it. She' s cried all her tears, mastered her crow pose and thrown out every last reminder of him. But that' s not helping. Concerned that she isn' t moving on, Mathilda' s friends push her towards a series of increasingly unorthodox remedies. Until the seams of herself begin to come undone. Tender, unflinching and blisteringly funny, What a Shame glitters with rage and heartbreak, and offers up the joy of self-acceptance through an extraordinary rite of passage to overcome the prickly heat of female shame. ' Tender and searingly honest - I couldn' t stop reading' Angela Scanlon' A painfully exquisite book' Camilla Pang
Absorbing and clever . . . I fell in love with Mathilda -- Cathy Rentzenbrink Raw and unexpected and weird and utterly brilliant -- Otegha Uwagba As soon as I finished the final page of What a Shame a deep ache set in. Written by one of the cleverest and boldest writers I' ve ever read, it is a powerful, beautiful, fascinating novel that will be read for years by any and all young women looking for a friend. I already miss Mathilda. -- Scarlett Curtis What A Shame weaves eternal themes of grief and heartbreak against a modern canvas that is clear and recognisable. There' s a piercing sense of what happens when your tragedy becomes your anecdote, and your anecdote becomes tiring to the people around you. Full of heart, wit and feeling, Bergstrom is a new voice but sure to be an enduring one. -- Caroline O' Donoghue Raw, poignant, haunting (and hilarious!). . . In Mathilda, Bergstrom has created a clear-eyed heroine for a new generation. -- Sam Baker Truly captivating, blisteringly funny, so clever and perceptive and beautifully written. It made me want to voicenote all my friends immediately. I loved it! -- Lauren Bravo A book that simultaneously punches you in the gut and makes you snort with laughter. It' s beautifully raw in its delivery. A glorious new talent has arrived -- Emma Gannon Dark, nuanced and provocative, this is a sterling debut that fans of Caroline O' Donoghue, Holly Bourne and Emma Jane Unsworth are sure to love. Mathilda' s chilling - but ultimately redemptive - story will stay with me. -- Laura Jane Williams What a Shame fizzes with energy, rage and love, burrowing deep into those experiences that define us at our core. Bergstrom writes with wit and wisdom, and Mathilda' s voice is ever-incisive, fresh and compelling. -- Jessica Moor A wry and zeitgeisty look at grief, heartbreak and the fix-you industry, What a Shame asks whether we can ever expect closure from our worst and most secret pain and fear. A must-read for anyone who has ever felt defined by a break-up. -- Harriet Walker Tender, searingly honest and widely vulnerable. I couldn' t stop reading -- Angela Scanlon Abigail Bergstrom' s assured debut is a forensic excavation of the female psyche - on friendship, grief, and the secrets we keep to survive. -- Laura Bailey A painfully exquisite book, by a unique talent that has single handedly rewritten the narrative of female shame -- Camilla Pang My favourite kind of book: the kind that you can' t help but race through, leaves you immediately devastated when you finish it and envious of everyone who has yet to read it. -- Dr Soph
Abigail Bergstrom is a Welsh writer and has written for national magazines and broadsheets, including ELLE, Sunday Times Style, the Telegraph and Refinery29. She has worked in publishing for over a decade and is an industry leader and an expert in navigating the cross section between digital and print, speaking at international conferences on the subject. She' s edited some of Britain' s most prominent feminist voices, was nominated for Literary Agent of the Year 2020 and was listed in ' The Bookseller 150' for shepherding over thirty titles onto bestseller lists and building some of today' s biggest book brands. An intersectional feminist campaigner, she co-founded the campaign ' This Doesn' t Mean Yes' which was covered in the media internationally. She lives in London with her boyfriend and her Italian Greyhound, Luca. What a Shame is her debut novel.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781529367010
Published: 3 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Weight: 41g
Pages: 272

In stock - for items in stock we aim to dispatch the next business day. For delivery in NZ allow 2-5 business days, with rural taking a wee bit longer.

Locally sourced in NZ - stock comes from a NZ supplier with an approximate delivery of 7-15 business days.

International Imports - stock is imported into NZ, depending on air or sea shipping option from the international supplier stock can take 10-30 working days to arrive into NZ. 

Pre-order Titles - delivery will vary depending on where the title is published, if local stock is available in NZ then 5-7 business days, for international imports it can be 10-30 business days. In all cases we will access the quickest supply option.

Delivery Packaging - we ship all items in cardboard sleeves or by box with either packing paper or corn starch chips. (We avoid using plastics bubble bags)

Tracking - Orders are delivered by track and trace courier and are fully insured, tracking information will be sent by email once dispatched.

View our full Order & Delivery information