A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing / Jessie Tu
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing / Jessie Tu
Shortlisted Multicultural NSW Award, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2021 AU
Longlisted Stella Prize 2021 AU
Shortlisted Matt Richell New Writer of the Year, ABIA Awards 2021 AU
Winner Literary Fiction Book of the Year, ABIA Awards 2021 AU
Longlisted Best Debut, Indie Book Awards 2021 AU; Shortlisted Readings New Australian Fiction Prize 2020 AU
Growing up is always hard, but especially when so many think you're a washed-up has-been at twenty-two.
Jena Lin plays the violin. She was once a child prodigy and now uses sex to fill the void left by fame. She's struggling a little. Her professional life comprises rehearsals, concerts, auditions and relentless practice; her personal life is spent managing the demands of her strict family and creative friends, and hooking up. And then she meets Mark - much older and worldly-wise - who consumes her. But at what cost to her dreams?
When Jena is awarded an internship with the New York Philharmonic, she thinks the life she has dreamed of is about to begin. But when Trump is elected, New York changes irrevocably and Jena along with it. Is the dream over? As Jena's life takes on echoes of Frances Ha, her favourite film, crucial truths are gradually revealed to her.
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing explores female desire and the consequences of wanting too much and never getting it. It is about the awkwardness and pain of being human in an increasingly dislocated world - and how, in spite of all this, we still try to become the person we want to be. This is a dazzling and original debut from a young writer with a fierce, intelligent and audacious voice.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin 2020 © Jessie Tu 2020
Cover design: Akiko Chan
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