Beautyland by MarieHelene Bertino Paperback Book 9781529964394

Meet Adina a woman who has never felt at home on Earth A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR JUST LANDED IN THE UK One of the best books I have read this year KALIANE BRADLEY GuardianAs tender as it is witty and perceptive SPECTATORI do not know how my life would be if I hadnt read this book Reader reviewBorn at the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space Adina is a baby of unusual perception Tiny and jaundiced she reaches for warmth and light As a child she recognises she is different not least because of her strange knowledge of a faraway planet Then a fax machine arrives at home Her mission is clear she must report on the oddities of humankindAs Adina grows up she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and delights of human existence But then she starts to wonder Is there a chance there are others like her out thereAdina sees our world differently And her gentle perceptive and funny observations offer a quietly joyful new view of life on Earth the challenge of knowing ourselves and the miracle of finding our people in this vast universeA remarkable funnysad novel New York TimesI loved this idiosyncratic funny and wise novel LAILA LALAMI author of The Dream HotelJoyous...