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Square One

Square One

A brilliantly bold and sharply funny debut from the author of The Panic Years

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'Electrifyingly good...sharply comic and perfectly poignant' Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable

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EVERYONE IS MOVING ON... AND THEN, THERE'S HANNA

BY THIRTY, HANNA EXPECTED TO HAVE IT ALL (OR AT LEAST SOME OF IT)

A fulfilling and successful career
A healthy, long-term relationship, maybe even an engagement ring
A house (or at least a flat) of her own

BUT IN REALITY, SHE'S BACK AT SQUARE ONE...
Single after breaking up with someone she's not sure ever loved her
Flooded with wedding invitations and pregnancy scan pictures from friends
Unable to afford to live on her own, moving in with her (also single and dating) father

Everyone moves at different paces, but Hanna's life is in reverse. With the pressure to keep up and her dad's insufferable musings on Tinder, will she be able to figure out what she really wants?

© Nell Frizzell 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Reviews

  • Electrifyingly good...sharply comic and perfectly poignant
    Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable

About the author

Nell Frizzell

Nell Frizzell is a writer, journalist and Vogue columnist. She has written and worked for the Guardian, VICE, The Sunday Times, Elle, the BBC, the Observer, Grazia and The Independent among many others. Her first book, The Panic Years, was an exploration of bodies, babies and the big questions facing modern life. Her debut novel, Square One, painted a humorous picture of moving home, fathers and daughters and surviving heartbreak. She lives in Oxford, in a very small house full of pasta and bedding and bikes.
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