{"product_id":"green-dot-9781399612760","title":"Green Dot","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003e \u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF 2024 IN \u003ci\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e DAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE I,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eRED\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e SUMMER READING PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e''One of the best books you will read all year'' \u003cb\u003eELIZABETH DAY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Brilliant. What a writer'' \u003cb\u003eNIGELLA LAWSON \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''Incredibly funny'' \u003cb\u003eCAITLIN MORAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Wonderful'' \u003cb\u003eGILLIAN ANDERSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e''This year''s \u003ci\u003eSorrow and Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e. Hilarious and heartbreaking'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The book of the summer'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIN STYLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHera is in her mid-twenties, which seems young to everyone except people in their mid-twenties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since leaving school, she has been trying to kick and scream into existence a life she cares about, but with little success so far.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Until she meets Arthur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He works with her, he is older than her, he is also married. But in her soulless office - the large cold room she feels destined to spend her \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant. Riveting. Sharp. Funny. Dark. I want to give \u003ci\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/i\u003e all the adjectives but will content myself with saying it is one of the best books you will read all year\u003c\/b\u003e -- Elizabeth Day, author of MAGPIE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe intensity of Annie Ernaux's \u003ci\u003eSimple Passion \u003c\/i\u003ewritten with the lightness of \u003ci\u003eBridget Jones's Diary\u003c\/i\u003e and the irreverence of \u003ci\u003eFleabag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e -- Johanna Thomas-Corr * THE SUNDAY TIMES *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo droll, bawdy, sexy, hilarious and good fun, everything you read thereafter seems dull in comparison\u003c\/b\u003e -- Anna Bonet * THE I PAPER *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI wolfed \u003ci\u003eGreen Dot \u003c\/i\u003edown over two nights. An incredibly funny book about a woman having an affair that's a really bad idea. Every sentence sparkles\u003c\/b\u003e -- Caitlin Moran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you liked \u003ci\u003eFleabag\u003c\/i\u003e you will love \u003ci\u003eGreen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e -- Pandora Sykes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat a treat. It's positively indecent that a book this funny should also be so moving and wise and well-observed. Everything I read after finishing it felt a bit anaemic in comparison. Every sentence is a joy\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rebecca Wait, author of I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most buzzed-about books for 2024 is\u003ci\u003e Green Dot\u003c\/i\u003e and it's a gulp of a read thanks to Gray's fizzing protagonist, Hera . . . Hera's longing, hope and pop culture references (everything from \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e to Rupi Kaur and British pub opening times are used for proper laughs) make it one of the most entertaining reads we've had in a long time\u003c\/b\u003e -- Francesca Brown * STYLIST Unmissable Fiction for 2024 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book! What a gutting, funny, smart, smart, smart book it is, one that I absolutely inhaled while almost constantly emotionally bracing myself. Madeleine Gray is a hilarious, humane, and highly perceptive writer\u003c\/b\u003e -- Claire Lombardo, author of THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilarious and heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/i\u003e might just be the debut of the year. It's the type of book you can devour in no time\u003c\/b\u003e -- Anna Bonet * THE I PAPER, What To Read in 2024 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs funny as it is bleak, \u003ci\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/i\u003e is a compulsive read that grapples with the quest for meaning and happiness in our fractured world. Madeleine Gray's luminous debut echoes the canon of literature centred around affairs whilst achieving something completely fresh and asking questions that will stay with readers in the same way her protagonist Hera's voice is sure to do\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kate Sawyer, author of THE STRANDING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJust brilliant. Hilarious and sexy but so wise about the human heart, too. Witty as \u003ci\u003eFleabag\u003c\/i\u003e, psychologically insightful as Sally Rooney - everyone will be talking about \u003ci\u003eGreen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lucie Whitehouse, author of LAST WITNESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcruciatingly brilliant. I snorted with laughter and winced in recognition. So painfully, sharply true - this is without a doubt the best book about an affair I've read, and I'm including Graham Greene in that\u003c\/b\u003e -- Emma Hughes, author of NO SUCH THING IS PERFECT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis year's \u003ci\u003eSorrow And Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e . . . a hilarious and heartbreaking story about a young woman's affair with an older colleague\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sara Lawrence * DAILY MAIL Best Fiction of 2024 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hype around Australian author Madeleine Gray is hard to ignore, with writers from Caitlin Moran to Elizabeth Day earmarking this brilliantly funny and observant debut as a must-read\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarra Manning * RED MAGAZINE, Dazzling Debuts for 2024 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadeleine Gray's brilliantly sharp \u003ci\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/i\u003e wrenchingly captures what so many of us yearn for: to be loved in the eyes of another for who we are . . . a book so hilariously real and devastating, you'll never stop hoping (or reading)\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jennifer McShane * IMAGE MAGAZINE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs there anything more deeply cursed than being a woman in your 20s? Novelists have been mining this period of life for years, but few get it as well as Madeleine Gray . . . Staggeringly good and wickedly funny\u003c\/b\u003e * The Saturday Paper *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadeleine Gray takes a scalpel to millennial malaise, office romance, and infidelity, and the result is a brainy, gutsy, nervy - and hilarious - wonder of a novel\u003c\/b\u003e -- Meg Howrey, author of THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE YOU\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping read that's smart, funny and highly relatable\u003c\/b\u003e -- Libby Page, author of THE LIDO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI am obsessed with this book. I am obsessed with Hera, with her dad, her friends, her dog. I am obsessed with how funny she is, and how hopeful and dark and tender and bleak the world is through her eyes. \u003ci\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about love, and how stupid and funny and absolutely beautiful life can be\u003c\/b\u003e -- Laura McPhee-Browne, author of LITTLE PLUM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFresh and funny\u003c\/b\u003e * IRISH TIMES, 2024 Preview *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/i\u003e is sentence by sentence perfection. Razor sharp, hilarious, clever, and devastatingly honest, this is going to the book everyone will be talking about in 2024\u003c\/b\u003e -- Louise O’Neill, author of IDOL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel everyone will be talking about . . . Messy 20-something love from a witty new voice\u003c\/b\u003e * GRAZIA, Best Novels of 2024 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious novel about falling in love with someone you really shouldn't . . . I raced through it with increasing delight . . . Sharp and wise\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sara Lawrence * DAILY MAIL *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull of incredibly sharp sentences and darkly comic moments\u003c\/b\u003e -- Clare Thorp * BBC CULTURE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen Dot \u003c\/i\u003eis for anyone who has fallen for the wrong person, remained in a relationship that is hurting them, witnessed a close friend going through that, or has simply made mistakes  . . . It is so droll, bawdy, sexy, hilarious and good fun, everything you read thereafter seems dull in comparison\u003c\/b\u003e * the i paper *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWildly funny . . . Fans of \u003ci\u003eFleabag\u003c\/i\u003e will adore \u003ci\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarra Manning * RED MAGAZINE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarkly funny . . . Gray's writing is witty and sharp and 24-year-old Hera is a character you'll root for\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jo Finney * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny, whip-smart, and unbearably realistic, Gray nails the angst of being young, directionless, and desperate for an emotional anchor. You'll tear through the pages, judging Hera's decisions, and wi11ing her to recognise her value, before realising you've had green dot moments of your own. Genius\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kay Ribeiro * HEAT MAGAZINE, Book of the Week *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull of sharply penned scenes that fans of \u003ci\u003eFleabag\u003c\/i\u003e will love . . . In \u003ci\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/i\u003e there are no outright villains, nor is anyone 100% angelic - and it's that skill in layered characterisation that will have you riveted until the final page\u003c\/b\u003e -- Amanda Willard * PRESS ASSOCIATION *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn acutely witty debut . . . \u003ci\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/i\u003e's potency lies in its narrator's distinctive voice, ruthless self-scrutiny and droll observations on the absurdities of young adult life . . . Gray brilliantly satirises the indignities of office life on the bottom rung . . . Although ironic and flippant, \u003ci\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/i\u003e avoids nihilism, and is ultimately about the search for meaning through love\u003c\/b\u003e -- Madeleine Feeny * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you're a fan of \u003ci\u003eFleabag\u003c\/i\u003e you will \u003ci\u003elove\u003c\/i\u003e this\u003c\/b\u003e * COSMOPOLITAN *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the must-reads of 2024 . . . swaggering, laugh-out-loud and moving\u003c\/b\u003e -- Francesca Brown * STYLIST MAGAZINE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sure-fire bestseller. . . deeply moving but hilarious\u003c\/b\u003e * HELLO! MAGAZINE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGray paints Hera with strokes of authenticity that make it almost impossible not to connect with her. She captures that tricky period between university and the start of grown-up life perfectly . . . I inhaled this book in one weekend\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lorraine Courtney * SUNDAY INDEPENDENT *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen Dot \u003c\/i\u003eis an irresistible story about the skin-crawlingly bad decisions many of us make in the name of love. Scorchingly smart and readable\u003c\/b\u003e -- Edel Coffey * IRISH TIMES THE GLOSS MAGAZINE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA droll coming-of-age story that explores what we're really looking for when we fall for the wrong person\u003c\/b\u003e -- Hephzibah Anderson * MAIL ON SUNDAY *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eImpressive . . . As the story unfolds, what begins as a laugh-out-loud observation of office politics, slowly gives way to a deeply poignant and, at times, heartbreakingly detailed journey of messy self-discovery. The layered characterisation that will have you riveted\u003c\/b\u003e * DAILY MIRROR *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike a Gen Z Bridget Jones... 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