Overspill
by Charlotte Paradise
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Pub Date 24 Apr 2025 | Archive Date 24 Apr 2025
HQ | Akan Books
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Description
Tender, brutal, devastating, OVERSPILL is the debut novel from incredible new literary talent, Charlotte Paradise.
'This book will break your heart, mend it, and send you away with hope' Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb
'compulsive, intricate but never overwritten. Paradise brings the reader on a journey of both pleasure and pain' Madeline Docherty, author of Gender Theory
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Sara is twenty-five. She has never used a tampon without having a panic attack.
She starts dating Miles. For three months, they don’t touch. Miles respects her boundaries, though he longs for them to melt away. Sara desires Miles, but she knows her body, or rather she knows it is an unknowable thing.
Sara wants to be in love, to find a person who allows her to be herself. Someone who is happy with everything she is and everything she isn’t. Miles hopes he won’t hurt her.
But how do you navigate a relationship for which there is no blueprint? How do you love someone when your body is not your own, and how do you reclaim it?
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Overspill is a luminous, shattering debut about love, trauma and self-acceptance, perfect for fans of Sally Rooney and Coco Mellors.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780008559984 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
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Featured Reviews
Katie H, Reviewer
Brave and honest, a raw look at love alongside trauma. The first novel I've read in a long while that unashamedly explores the barriers to female desire and the ways our bodies tell us what we've been trying to ignore. So authentic I felt like a fly on the wall of Sara's life.
Heather W, Reviewer
This book is beautiful and I absolutely devoured it, but the central relationship hit really close to home for me. I think I’ll have to curl up in a corner after this. Such amazing characterisation and so moving, I really loved it. An excellent read.
Joanne C, Reviewer
Hugely moving. Sara's journey to try to "cure" herself and have a meaningful relationship is both heartbreaking and admirable and I like the fact the book did not shy away from how difficult the relationship was for both parties and how Miles struggled to understand and hold back.
Sara is a truly astonishing character and I did not want the book to end.
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