Rebecca Ivory

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Free Therapy

A blooming literary talent&hellip; Ivory is the real deal

Wincingly funny and winningly honest

Brilliant&hellip; This collection covers themes on sex, friendship and work and dives into what it means to be human

In her debut short-story collection, Rebecca Ivory has taken all the tiny humiliations of life and made something so precise and articulate that it can feel mortifying to read... A short story collection that feels apt

Ivory performs many small, delicious reveals and rug-pulls in this study of modern relationships&hellip; A fine display of her talents

Her writing feels so fresh&hellip; What these stories evoke the most is a feeling of life not looking like you thought it would; of restlessness and ennui, shot through with moments of piercing revelation that made me put the book down and think, 'isn&rsquo;t that a thing' several times

Pandora Sykes, author of How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?

I ate it up in two sittings. Beneath these stories runs a pulsing darkness, a restless humour, a palpable and astute distrust. Here are all the ways we scam each other, but most of all ourselves

Sharp, astute and painfully funny, Rebecca Ivory has written a powerful collection of stories. I genuinely couldn&rsquo;t get enough

The stories in Free Therapy are unerring, ferociously original, cooly controlled and queasy with revelation. They live viscerally in you for days afterward

Rebecca Ivory&rsquo;s Free Therapy is rich, complex and sophisticated

Nicole Flattery, author of Nothing Special

Rebecca Ivory is a brutally honest and brilliant writer. Her stories are dark and unafraid, and are always told beautifully, shrewdly, stylishly. Oh, and she&rsquo;s very funny. Here is a collection that teems with compassion and curiosity for the little interactions and the little falls that make us who we are

Reading Free Therapy is like scanning through people&rsquo;s intrusive thoughts and watching them come to life &ndash; delicious, snort-worthy and highly entertaining. Rebecca Ivory&rsquo;s writing isn&rsquo;t just full of excellent one-liners, it&rsquo;s astute, original and entirely compulsive

Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us

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