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Send Nudes

Saba Sams

Published: 19th January 2023 In ten dazzling stories, Saba Sams dives into the world of girlhood and immerses us in its contradictions and complexities: growing up too quickly, yet not quickly enough; taking possession of what one can, while being taken possession of; succumbing to societal pressure but also orchestrating that pressure. These young women are feral yet attentive, fierce yet vulnerable, exploited yet exploitative. Threading between clubs at closing time, pub toilets, drenched music festivals and beach holidays, these unforgettable short stories deftly chart the treacherous terrain of growing up - of intense friendships, of ambivalent mothers, of uneasily blended families, and of learning to truly live in your own body. With striking wit, originality and tenderness, Send Nudes celebrates the small victories in a world that tries to claim each young woman as its own. Publisher: Bloomsbury ISBN: 9781526621795

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Sams recently won the BBC National Short Story Award (confession: I was chair of the judges). She is a fresh, startling new voice in short contemporary fiction. I love her writing for its clarity of observation and the way she conveys total surety of character. The BBC competition is judged blind, which means we don't know who wrote the stories when we're reading. I was convinced Sam's entry, Blue 4 Eva (which appears in this collection) was written by a far older and more established author because it was just so good.