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Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies

Maddie Mortimer

Published: 30th March 2023 Today I might trace the rungs of her larynx or tap at her trachea like the bones of a xylophone... Something gleeful and malevolent is moving in Lia's body, learning her life from the inside out. A shape-shifter. A disaster tourist. It's travelling down the banks of her canals. It's spreading. When a sudden diagnosis upends Lia's world, the boundaries between her past and her present begin to collapse. Deeply buried secrets stir awake. As the voice prowling in Lia takes hold of her story, and the landscape around becomes indistinguishable from the one within, Lia and her family are faced with some of the hardest questions of all: how can we move on from the events that have shaped us, when our bodies harbour everything? And what does it mean to die with grace, when you're simply not ready to let go? Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9781529069389

Our Curators said...

Maps of Our Spectacular bodies is both heart-breaking and darkly funny. Mortimer handles darkness, forgiveness and pain in this brilliantly lyrical debut.

The LoveMyRead Team

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What the Critics are Saying

Both expansive and intimate, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is an intricate portrait of a life hurtling towards the inevitable. An extraordinary debut

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Both expansive and intimate, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is an intricate portrait of a life hurtling towards the inevitable. An extraordinary debut

Sarah Moss

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