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Book SynopsisHelen's adoptive brother has killed himself. According to the internet, there are six possible reasons for suicide. But Helen knows better: she knows that six reasons is only shorthand for the abyss. Helen also knows that she alone is qualified to launch a serious investigation into his death, so she purchases a one-way ticket back to Milwaukee, her hometown. There, as she attempts to uncover why someone would choose to die, she will face her estranged family, her brother's few friends, and the overzealous grief counsellor, Chad Lambo; she may also discover what it truly means to be alive.Sorry to Disrupt the Peace is a dark comedy about suicide - and an introduction to a singular new writer.
Trade Review'A tremendously moving act of imagination.' Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours --------- 'Her voice is unflinching, unforgettable, and animated with a restless sense of humor.' Catherine Lacey, Nobody Is Ever Missing --------- 'A beguiling debut: absurdly funny, surprisingly beautiful, and ultimately sad as fuck.' Danielle Dutton, Margaret the First
