Making it / Laura Kay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kay, Laura, 1989- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists--Fiction.

Depressed persons--Fiction.

Gender-nonconforming people--Fiction.

Artists.

Depressed persons.

Gender-nonconforming people.

LGBTQ.

Genre:

Fiction

Novels

Queer fiction

Romance fiction

Romance fiction.

Queer fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

x, 374 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024.

Summary:

"From the author of Wild Things comes a heartwarming and relatable queer rom-com about an isolated young woman whose artistic celebration of her pet chinchilla suddenly launches her into the professional art world, reality TV fame, and first love. Isobel's life is small: just her, her mum, and her pet chinchilla, Abigail, in their council flat on the Kentish coast. After mental health troubles in her teens, Issy, now twenty-eight, has kept things that way on purpose, only deviating from routine when her part-time job at a paint-your-own pottery studio demands it, or when she's inspired to create art of Abigail: knitted Abigails, sculptural Abigails, delicately rendered paintings of Abigail. When the Abigails earn the attention of famous artist and reality TV star Elizabeth Staggs, Issy is awestruck and a little alarmed. These emotions compound when Elizabeth makes Issy an unexpected offer: move to London and work for a year shadowing Elizabeth as she produces her hit arts documentary series. Terrified but determined, Issy agrees, and soon finds herself sharing a flat with a crew of boisterous roommates who welcome her into their queer enclave and attempt to mentor her in the city's wide world of romantic possibilities. Issy can't help but wish that one roommate - gorgeous and cool aspiring actress, Robin - might make her mentorship a bit more hands on...even while, at work, she struggles under the guidance of Elizabeth's harsh and exacting young producer, Aubrey. But when Elizabeth seizes on Issy's idea to structure the upcoming season around a group of outsider artists, Issy finds both her work and love lives growing more complicated by the day, whether she's ready or not. Making It is a nuanced and life affirming look at living with depression and of finding, as we all deserve to, self-acceptance, community, and love"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Kay, Laura, 1989- Making it

ISBN:

9780593470077

0593470079

OCLC:

1397050133

Publisher Number:

99996825802