Theres Nothing Wrong With Her

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The best thing you'll read this year KILEY REID
So beautiful SARAH JESSICA PARKER
One of those books I will read again and again JOJO MOYES
Very funny, very touching DAVID NICHOLLS
Moving, absorbing, evocative SARA COLLINS
Wonderful ... Compelling ... Very funny MARINA HYDE
I devoured it. Exquisitely written, poignant and funny FEARNE COTTON
This book will be your friend MIRANDA HART


A crackling, comical, tender, and highly original novel about mental health, the certainties of medicine, buried trauma, love, death and time lost in the crushing and comical hopes of modern life

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Vita Woods is on the brink. She has a good job and a successful doctor boyfriend, Max, with whom the sex is great and the chat sufficient; a vivacious and charming sister Gracie, her verbal sparring partner and best friend for life; and shes even got a goldfish called Whitney Houston, who brightens her days by showing her she's not the only one going round in circles.

Because its the days that are Vitas problem. Vita is not leaving the house. In fact, Vita rarely exits the basement apartment where she lives, since Vita is in The Pit a place of deep exhaustion and semi-consciousness where she spends much of her time, dead to the world and to herself. She has been sick for months, with an illness that no doctor, not even Max, can medically diagnose.

One day an unexpected courier delivery forces Vita upstairs, into the light - and into a chance encounter with her neighbours upstairs. Suddenly, Vita finds herself faced with an even trickier dilemma. She likes her new friends; shell even sneak upstairs to see them while Max is out, against all medical advice but something about her condition is nagging at the borders of her mind. After all, what is a house-bound girl to do when she cant keep the light, her new friendships, or - worst of all - her memories out The problem might be Vita herself but as far as anyone can prove... theres nothing wrong with her.

Encompasses so many things: a whole life - sorrows, damage, hopes' RICHARD CURTIS
'Surreal, magical, totally original' SATHNAM SANGHERA
'Deep and dark and beautiful' ESTHER FREUD

PRAISE FOR KATE WEINBERG AND THE TRUANTS

'One of the standout books of the summer' Stylist
'Magical in every way . . . One of the best novels I've ever read' Fearne Cotton
'As much a coming-of-age tale as a murder mystery . . . An impressive debut' The Times

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Kate Weinberg writes with prose so exquisite that I kept copying bits to show people. There's Nothing Wrong With Her is so beautifully perceptive and forensically observed; she writes about the complexities of human relationships in a way that stops me in my tracks. One of those books I will read again and again -- JOJO MOYES
A hallucinatory, amazingly capacious novel ... Its a testament to Weinbergs writing that I wouldnt have minded staying in her feverish world for longer * Daily Telegraph *
A funny, philosophical novel that perfectly captures the surreal state of invisible illness Remarkable * independent.co.uk *
An almost dreamlike story of a young woman felled by an unnamed illness, and the shrunken world of neighbours and relationships around her ... Weinbergs observations about relationships are forensic and quietly devastating -- JOJO MOYES * OBSERVER Summer reading *
Wonderful ... Compelling ... Very funny -- MARINA HYDE
Delicious ... A witty tale of panic, lust and the search for identity -- JASON ISAACS
A sensitive, astute, funny study of the powerful intersection between body and mind * MARIE CLAIRE *
I sped through it. Its deep and dark and beautifull -- ESTHER FREUD
Its moving, absorbing, evocative - such a thoughtful exploration of the traps of grief and chronic illness. Beautifully conjured, with shades of The Yellow Wallpaper, but brilliantly modernised -- SARA COLLINS
This fresh, authentic novel stops you in your tracks and makes you reflect on life. As you become deeply invested in Vitas road to recovery, you may find yourself considering whats holding you back from being the fullest, messiest, most aIive version of yourself, too. A smart, significant read * HEAT *
An original and enchanting read * STRONG WORDS *
Slim in size but vast in emotional impact, Kate Weinbergs novel explores the landscape of one womans life - her heart, her family, her pain and her desires. A work of dazzling bravery -- JENNY JACKSON
A compelling commentary on mental health * WOMAN & HOME *
It's so beautiful. And so painful. And so gorgeously descriptive of a devastating chapter that so many of us just don't know or understand even, with all compassion -- SARAH JESSICA PARKER
Surreal, magical, and totally original, this beautiful novel provides a powerful insight into a world and experience that science is struggling to explain or navigate. Luminous -- SATHNAM SANGHERA
Funny and painfully true. A book of revelations. This is a beautiful capture of what it means to live with a chronic illness. The best thing you'll read this year -- KILEY REID
A really wonderful piece of work: so fresh. It encompasses so many things: a whole life - sorrows, damage, hopes -- RICHARD CURTIS

Ive never read anything like it. A brilliant mass of contradictions... Its light and dark, funny and moving, soulful and sexy, quirky and important. A delight and an education on every page

-- EMMA FREUD
Delicious ... A witty tale of panic, lust and the search for identity -- JASON ISAACS
Long Covid is not the obvious subject for a quirky almost-romcom but Kate Weinberg pulls it off triumphantly. Touching, funny, inventive, Theres Nothing Wrong With Her is a beguiling story about illness and faith and the power of love In all its forms. I devoured it in a single greedy sitting. -- CLARE CLARK
An inventive, witty and questioning novel * SAGA *
A tender, curious, and undeniably urgent exploration of the many modern challenges to women's health and happiness. As compassionate as it is incisive, Weinberg's latest makes a persuasive case for the saving graces of our imaginative inner worlds -- M L RIO
This painfully funny novel sizzles with love and desire, isolation and loss, and the incongruous breakthroughs that take place when one has little left to lose -- ELIZABETH McKENZIE
This novel may delve into The Pit (of ill health, of grief, of despair), but it never feels less than buoyant. Weinberg has found a way to write about chronic illness and pain with great wit, creativity, and verve. I loved every page of this short novel and hated to leave its vibrant characters behind -- LAURA SIMS
Praise for The Truants: Marks Weinberg out as a natural storyteller, in the vein of Agatha Christie herself. Startling * IRISH TIMES *
With deft characterisation, plenty of mystery and twists in the tale, it had me gripped * DAILY MAIL *
As much a coming-of-age tale as a murder mystery . . . An impressive debut * THE TIMES *
Smart and exciting and funny and mysterious -- DAWN O'PORTER
Like a wickedly brilliant Donna Tartt, Agatha Christie and Liane Moriarty all mixed into one -- SCARLETT CURTIS
Weinberg's debut is a page-turning tale of love, death and betrayal on a university campus that riffs on Donna Tartt's The Secret History while exerting a subtle pull of its own * I PAPER, Books of the Year *
After surprising twists, Kate Weinberg provides a satisfying conclusion while asking the question: does a mystery lose its magic once its solved * GUARDIAN *
Think The Secret History meets Agatha Christie * RED *
A must read for fans of mystery novels ... Cleverly written and relentlessly intriguing, The Truants is the perfect novel for inquisitive minds to escape into * MARIE CLAIRE *
In this mesmerising debut, Kate Weinberg confidently combines literary suspense and deftly executed narrative, slowly unravelling a tangled tale about first love, obsession and the boundaries of self-identity . . . A riveting read * SCOTSMAN *
This satisfying coming-of-age novel jives to a thriller-like beat. Its a debut, though you wouldn't necessarily know it from its assured tone. While Donna Tartts The Secret History is a clear influence, its Agatha Christie whose work is most explicitly referenced, stoking an ominous sense of impending calamity * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
Theres Nothing Wrong with Her is the rarest of reads: unflinchingly honest, wryly funny, and incredibly tender in the moments between. Vita and her eccentric crew are companions we could all use on our toughest days -- LEANNE TOSHIKO SIMPSON, author of Never Been Better
Gloriously original, funny, and frighteningly observant, reading Kate Weinbergs Theres Nothing Wrong with Her is like reading your brain turned inside out and seeing all the chaos that goes inside, as written by an author with an astuteness and clarity of voice that is captivating and entirely brilliant. I loved it! -- ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS, author of The Three of Us
Your new commuter read ... A page turner * SUNDAY TIMES STYLE *
The acclaimed author of The Truants is coming out with a darkly funny novel about a woman dealing with some kind of illness no doctor has been able to diagnose * KATIE COURIC MEDIA, Heres What Were Reading and Watching This Week *

Author Bio

Kate Weinberg was born and lives in London. She studied English at Oxford and creative writing in East Anglia. She has worked as a slush pile reader, a bookshop assistant, a journalist and a ghost writer. She is the author of one previous novel, The Truants.

kateweinbergwriter.com