Somebody Loves You
by Mona Arshi
And Other Stories 2022
176 pages
14×21 cm
Plangent, deft, and sparkling with wry humour, Somebody Loves You is a moving exploration of how we choose or refuse to tell the stories that shape us.
«A teacher asked me a question, and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, knowing with perfect certainty that nothing would ever come out again.»
Ruby gives up talking at a young age. Her mother isn’t always there to notice; she comes and goes and goes and comes, until, one day, she doesn’t. Silence becomes Ruby’s refuge, sheltering her from the weather of her mother’s mental illness and a pressurized suburban atmosphere.
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Press:
«A glorious debut novel».
Salena Godden – Writer
«A masterful, subtle and heartbreaking novel».
Jo Heygate – Bookseller
«Tender, funny, and exhilarating.»
Jeet Thayil – Writer
«A gleaming, quiet novel cut through with remarkable confidence. Reading Somebody Loves You was like being rocked gently – and then shaken entirely awake.»
Jessica J Lee – Writer
«A fresh, innovative novel that is an ode to families, coming of age and sisterhood.»
Roger Robinson – Writer
Prizes:
Longlisted for Republic of Consciousness Prize 2022.
Longlisted for The 2022 Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year.
Rights available: Italy
Represented in collaboration with And Other Stories
Mona Arshi is a British writer. Her debut poetry collection Small Hands was published in 2015, winning the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Mona Arshi regularly appears on BBC Radio 4. Her poems have been published in The Sunday Times, The Guardian and the Times of India and most recently the London Underground.
