Snowflake

Winner of Newcomer of the Year

by Louise Nealon

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Pub Date 13 May 2021 | Archive Date 13 May 2021

Bonnier Books UK | Manilla Press

General Fiction (Adult) | Literary Fiction

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Description

The biggest literary debut from Bonnier Books UK in 2021.

A novel for a generation. A debut that defines our time.

Eighteen-year-old Debbie White lives on a dairy farm with her mother, Maeve, and her uncle, Billy. Billy sleeps out in a caravan in the garden with a bottle of whiskey and the stars overhead for company. Maeve spends her days recording her dreams, which she believes to be prophecies.

This world is Debbie's normal, but she is about to step into life as a student at Trinity College in Dublin. As she navigates between sophisticated new friends and the family bubble, things begin to unravel. Maeve's eccentricity tilts into something darker, while Billy's drinking gets worse. Debbie struggles to cope with the weirdest, most difficult parts of herself, her family and her small life. But the fierce love of the White family is never in doubt, and Debbie discovers that even the oddest of families are places of safety.

A startling, honest, laugh and cry novel about growing up and leaving home, only to find that you've taken it with you, Snowflake is a novel for a generation, a story about being young, being an outsider and discovering that, underneath it all, we’re all outsiders.

The biggest literary debut from Bonnier Books UK in 2021.

A novel for a generation. A debut that defines our time.

Eighteen-year-old Debbie White lives on a dairy farm with her mother, Maeve, and her...

Advance Praise

'Mad and wonderful' Roddy Doyle

'Tender, laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply moving' Louise O'Neill

'Astonishing' Stacey Halls

'A novel for anyone who's ever felt lost in the world' John Boyne

'GAS and beautiful and truthful and touching' Marian Keyes

‘It’s taken me days to write this review because I couldn’t sum up what I wanted to say. Snowflake is so beautiful and compelling . . . definitely pre-order it, you won’t be disappointed' Emily, @thebreakfast.bookclub

‘What a heartbreaking, delicately and harrowing debut . . . dazzling an author I'd love to read more of.’ Lindsey, @frenzyreads

‘Snowflake has been touted as a novel for a generation and I have to agree. It is real, raw and doesn’t hide the blemishes of our everyday lives.’ Kristina, @kristinas_shelves

‘What can I say about this debut novel but. . . .Wow! It’s one of the most beautiful and charming stories I have ever read. It’s poetic, powerful, heartwarming and heartbreaking. I didn’t want it to end.’ Jessica, @candlelight_books

‘I’ll say it now: Snowflake is one to watch folks’ Emily, @em_digs_books

‘The book itself is like a snowflake: beautiful, complex and effortlessly moving. So much of it resonated with me, I’d recommend some tissues as it made me quite emotional!’ Gaby, @whatgabyreads

'This book is utterly brilliant . . . The story is divine, perfectly circular and satisfying' Melissa, @melissarosereads

'Mad and wonderful' Roddy Doyle

'Tender, laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply moving' Louise O'Neill

'Astonishing' Stacey Halls

'A novel for anyone who's ever felt lost in the world' John Boyne

'GAS...