Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance
From the million-copy bestselling author of The Wedding People
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Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance
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Jesse Vilinsky
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Alison Espach
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Sally Holt has always been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally's questions about life, about love and about Billy Barnes, the high school basketball star who runs the refreshment stand at the local pool. Billy's unfathomable, otherworldly cool puts him on a different planet - until a tragedy leaves Sally's life forever intertwined with his.
Opening in the early nineties and charting almost two decades of shared history and missed connections, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance is a dazzlingly unconventional love story that brims with unexpected moments of joy.
THE ACCLAIMED SECOND NOVEL FROM ALISON ESPACH, NOW PUBLISHED IN THE UK FOR THE FIRST TIME.
'Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same sentence'
Claire Lombardo
'An immensely talented writer . . . deeply moving, always excellent'
Emily St. John Mandel
'Tender, eloquent and wise, this is an intensely beautiful book by a supremely gifted writer'
Karen Thompson Walker
'Unputdownable, insightful, funny and emotionally profound'
Rufi Thorpe
'This is truly a novel like no other'
Joanna Rakoff
I preordered this book as soon as I finished The Wedding People because I enjoyed it so much; it turns out it's a re-release of a book first released in 2022. While I didn't love it as much as I loved The Wedding People, I did like it a lot.
The Wedding People is a story about flawed individuals, love, friendship, and dysfunctional families, and tackles some heavy subjects. To some extent, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance does the same; both books are written with sensitivity and humour.
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance is told through the eyes of Sally Holt, who idolises her older sister Kathy. Sally and Kathy spend long summer afternoons at the local pool, mostly so they can ogle Billy Barnes, who works the concession stand there. Billy has been an endless source of intrigue for both girls since he jumped off the school roof in fifth grade. Their fascination with him is one of the few things the increasingly different sisters have in common. By summer's end, Billy and Kathy are an item.
Written as though Sally is talking to Kathy, as if she might read the text at some point. The book begins in the early 1990s and is divided into three parts: that summer, the immediate aftermath of the accident, and 15 years later, when Sally starts to address her grief. Much like The Wedding People, this book is difficult to categorise neatly. It's possibly Chick Lit or contemporary literary fiction.
If you liked The Wedding People, you'll probably also enjoy this one, as they share similar themes but are also very different.
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