I loved her ruminations on sex, gender, class and politics – she was so sharp and on point, even as she told us how bad she was.ĭolan’s writing is, in fact, an absolute treasure trove of aphorisms. Despite both Julian and Edith finding out about each other, both are generally grown up and decent about the situation. There is little in the way of plot or tension or conflict outside of that: she falls into a relationship of sorts with the English banker Julian when he is back in England for a period of months, she falls into a relationship with Edith Zhang Mei Ling. If you don’t get on with Ava, you won’t get on with this book: there is nothing in it save for Ava. She, in her own opinion “wasn’t good at most things but I was good at men”. She is self-deprecating, caustic and witty. And then not only would they know, I’d know too.”Īva is a twenty-two year-old ex pat from Dublin, living in Hong Kong in a grubby Airbnb and teaching English as a Foreign Language to eight year olds in a school that does not allow her to urinate between classes. “I thought that if i let anyone in, they’d find out what was broken about me.
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