Neon Roses
SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZE 2024
$34.05
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2024
Summary
SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
‘A BIG-HEARTED STORY ABOUT FINDING YOUR FEET AND FOLLOWING YOUR HEART’ SARAH WATERS
‘JOYFULLY QUEER, FILTHY AND FUN’ CHLOE TIMMS
‘A HUG AND A SNOG OF A BOOK’ SO MAYER
Eluned Hughes is stuck. It’s 1984 in a valley in south Wales: the miners’ strike is ravaging her community; her sister’s swanned off…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399801935 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399801937 |
| Author: | Rachel Dawson |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
Neon Roses is a big-hearted story about finding your feet and following your heart, set against a beautifully-realised backdrop of 1980s British life. Tender, sexy, uplifting and fun. – SARAH WATERS
A bold coming of age story that’s joyfully queer, filthy and fun! Neon Roses transports the reader back to the passion and the protests of 1980s, in a voice that is fresh and proudly Welsh – CHLOE TIMMS
Pitch-perfect in its vivid immersion in an Elnett-scented, fuck-Thatcher-yelling 80s sensorium, Neon Roses is bursting with the pride and DIY fashion genius with which small-town fierce femme Eluned stitches together her queer community. A hug and a snog of a book, stick it in your pocket to flag that you’re here for queer love – SO MAYER
Tender, sexy, hilarious … this book is a jewel in the crown of Welsh fiction * Nation Cymru *
About The Author
Rachel Dawson
Rachel Dawson is a lesbian, working-class Welsh writer. In 2020, she was awarded a bursary by Literature Wales, which enabled her to write her debut novel, Neon Roses. She was born in Swansea and has done a variety of jobs, including selling sausage rolls and vibrators (not at the same time), and volunteering for an MP. She now works in the third sector and lives with her wife in Cardiff.
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