Overspill
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Overspill
By (Author) Charlotte Paradise
HarperCollins Publishers
Akan Books
29th July 2025
24th April 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Modern and Contemporary romance
Narrative theme: love / relationships
Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
823.92
Physical Properties
Hardback
416
Width 159mm, Height 240mm, Spine 38mm
460g
Description
Tender, brutal, devastating, OVERSPILL is the debut novel from incredible new literary talent, Charlotte Paradise.'This book will break your heart, mend it, and send you away with hope' Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb
Tender, brutal, devastating, OVERSPILL is the debut novel from incredible new literary talent, Charlotte Paradise.
'This book will break your heart, mend it, and send you away with hope' Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb
'Compulsive, intricate but never overwritten. Paradise brings the reader on a journey of both pleasure and pain' Madeline Docherty, author of Gender Theory
With fluid prose reminiscent of both Jessica Andrews' watercolour-esque writing and Coco Mellors' sculpted syntax, Paradise has created something remarkable Jessie Elland, author of The Ladie Upstairs
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Sara is twenty-five. She has never used a tampon without having a panic attack.
She starts dating Miles. For three months, they dont touch. Miles respects her boundaries, though he longs for them to melt away. Sara desires Miles, but she knows her body, or rather she knows it is an unknowable thing.
Sara wants to be in love, to find a person who allows her to be herself. Someone who is happy with everything she is and everything she isnt. Miles hopes he wont hurt her.
But how do you navigate a relationship for which there is no blueprint How do you love someone when your body is not your own, and how do you reclaim it
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Overspill is a luminous, shattering debut about love, trauma and self-acceptance, perfect for fans of Sally Rooney and Coco Mellors.
Author Bio
Charlotte Paradise is a Disabled author and screenwriter with an MA in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her short films have been selected, nominated and award-winning at film festivals, including internationally. Overspill is her first novel.
