Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water : A Novel, Hardback Book

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water : A Novel Hardback

Hardback

Out of stock

Description

Write this down: Cara Romero wants to work. Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life.

But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first time in decades.

Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to narrate the story of her life.

Over the course of twelve sessions, Cara recounts her tempestuous love affairs, her alternately biting and loving relationships with her neighbor Lulu and her sister Angela, her struggles with debt, gentrification and loss, and, eventually, what really happened between her and her estranged son, Fernando.

As Cara confronts her darkest secrets and regrets, we see a woman buffeted by life but still full of fight. Structurally inventive and emotionally kaleidoscopic, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water is Angie Cruz's most ambitious and moving novel yet, and Cara is a heroine for the ages.

Information

Save 25%

£21.99

£16.49

Out of stock
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information