Saltwater: Winner of the Portico Prize - Jessica Andrews

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Résumé :
Lucy moves to London for university, leaving behind a world of family stories set across the culture of Irish immigrants in Sunderland. The chaos and alienation of the big city prove a shock to the system, with things coming to a head at graduation, sending Lucy out to the Ireland of her ancestors for the answers. An original new voice, comparable to Rachel Cusk and Olivia Laing.

Biographie:
Jessica Andrews writes fiction. Her debut novel, Saltwater, was published in 2019 and won the Portico Prize in 2020 and her second novel, Milk Teeth, was published in 2022. She is a Contributing Editor for ELLE magazine and she writes for the Guardian, the Independent, BBC Radio 4 and Stylist, among others. She was nominated for the ELLE List in 2020 and shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction Futures in 2022. She co-runs literary and arts magazine, The Grapevine, and co-presents literary podcast, Tender Buttons. She is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at City University, London.