Heartbreak – Reads A Lot

Cis Male Heartbreak in Dolly Alderton’s “Good Material” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 2, 2024 by Rasheeda Saka

[ad_1] Dolly Alderton’s central narrative preoccupation across all her books has remained the same: depicting the tumult of seeking romantic love in one’s twenties and thirties, with all the attendant anxieties of false promises and disillusioned hopes. In Alderton’s first novel, Ghosts, a thirtysomething food writer, Nina, embarks on a fling that seems to promise … Read more

Heartbreak and Existential Hope in “Sarahland” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsMarch 17, 2021 by Ian MacAllen

[ad_1] Sarahland, the debut story collection from Sam Cohen, links disparate stories through a unique framework: each story features a character named Sarah. This architecture allows Cohen to explore a variety of topics from heartbreak to youthful self-discovery. The stories stand alone, but by linking them with Sarahs, the collection manifests something more complex. There … Read more