Nothing Serious

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A blistering novel of a very unlikely friendship - but can you truly connect when one of you is a liar Nicki - 30ish, care worker, living in Brighton - is scrolling for her next hook up. A difficult home life, a job that's going nowhere, she seeks solace in random encounters. Amber - 17, college student, lost - desperately needs someone to notice her. She creates 'Kevin', a fake dating profile for a man in his thirties. Neither Nicki nor 'Kevin' has any idea what they're about to get into. They quickly match, and an unlikely friendship develops, giving each other the validation they both sorely need. But can you ever truly connect when one of you is a liar

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Always emotionally intelligent and thought-provoking. Raw and compelling * Daily Mail *
A thought-provoking, quietly devastating novel about loneliness and what people will do to belong * Red, 'Best Books of January 2024' *
Sharp, sublime, and achingly hopeful. Nothing Serious takes an honest and heartfelt look at loneliness and longing, friendship and survival. I loved it -- Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End
A searing exploration into the shape of loneliness and how far we'll go to create connections -- Heather Darwent, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Things We Do To Our Friends
An emotive insight into the consequences of bruising loneliness, Nothing Serious is a powerful tale of a skewed but hopeful friendship through which two very different women find the courage to survive -- Amy Beashel, author of Spilt Milk
WHAT. A. BOOK. I don't think I've ever read anything quite like it before, I was utterly gripped from the first page. I loved Emma's characters, they felt real and balanced, flawed and relatable. Such a perfectly relevant read, and one that I think people will be talking about/thinking over for a long time after they finish reading -- Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Between You and Me
Magnetic, raw and powerful, this is a compulsive novel about loneliness and connection that will stay with me a long time -- Katie Lumsden, author of The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

Author Bio

Emma Medrano was born and raised in Sweden. She studied philosophy at the University of Glasgow and currently lives in Edinburgh. She has previously had short stories published in journals and was selected for Penguin Random House's WriteNow scheme, giving her the chance to develop her debut novel Nothing Serious. Emma can be found on Instagram and Twitter- @emmawroteabook