'The best thing you'll read this year' KILEY REID
'So beautiful' SARAH JESSICA PARKER
'One of those books I will read again and again' JOJO MOYES
'Moving, absorbing, evocative' SARA COLLINS
'Wonderful ... Compelling ... Very funny' MARINA HYDE
A crackling, comical, tender, and highly original novel about mental health, the certainties of medicine, buried trauma, love, death and time lost in the crushing – and comical – hopes of modern life
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Vita Woods is on the brink. She has a good job and a successful doctor boyfriend, Max, with whom the sex is great and the chat sufficient; a vivacious and charming sister Gracie, her verbal sparring partner and best friend for life; and she's even got a goldfish called Whitney Houston, who brightens her days by showing her she's not the only one going round in circles.
Because it's the days that are Vita's problem. Vita is not leaving the house. In fact, Vita rarely exits the basement apartment where she lives, since Vita is in “The Pit” – a place of deep exhaustion and semi-consciousness where she spends much of her time, dead to the world and to herself. She has been sick for months, with an illness that no doctor, not even Max, can medically diagnose.
One day an unexpected courier delivery forces Vita upstairs, into the light - and into a chance encounter with her neighbours upstairs. Suddenly, Vita finds herself faced with an even trickier dilemma. She likes her new friends; she'll even sneak upstairs to see them while Max is out, against all medical advice but something about her “condition” is nagging at the borders of her mind. After all, what is a house-bound girl to do when she can't keep the light, her new friendships, or - worst of all - her memories out? The problem might be Vita herself but as far as anyone can prove... there's nothing wrong with her.
'Encompasses so many things: a whole life - sorrows, damage, hopes' RICHARD CURTIS
'Surreal, magical, totally original' SATHNAM SANGHERA
'Deep and dark and beautiful' ESTHER FREUD
PRAISE FOR KATE WEINBERG AND THE TRUANTS
'One of the standout books of the summer' Stylist
'Magical in every way . . . One of the best novels I've ever read' Fearne Cotton
'As much a coming-of-age tale as a murder mystery . . . An impressive debut' The Times
Genre: Literary Fiction
'So beautiful' SARAH JESSICA PARKER
'One of those books I will read again and again' JOJO MOYES
'Moving, absorbing, evocative' SARA COLLINS
'Wonderful ... Compelling ... Very funny' MARINA HYDE
A crackling, comical, tender, and highly original novel about mental health, the certainties of medicine, buried trauma, love, death and time lost in the crushing – and comical – hopes of modern life
_______________________________________________________
Vita Woods is on the brink. She has a good job and a successful doctor boyfriend, Max, with whom the sex is great and the chat sufficient; a vivacious and charming sister Gracie, her verbal sparring partner and best friend for life; and she's even got a goldfish called Whitney Houston, who brightens her days by showing her she's not the only one going round in circles.
Because it's the days that are Vita's problem. Vita is not leaving the house. In fact, Vita rarely exits the basement apartment where she lives, since Vita is in “The Pit” – a place of deep exhaustion and semi-consciousness where she spends much of her time, dead to the world and to herself. She has been sick for months, with an illness that no doctor, not even Max, can medically diagnose.
One day an unexpected courier delivery forces Vita upstairs, into the light - and into a chance encounter with her neighbours upstairs. Suddenly, Vita finds herself faced with an even trickier dilemma. She likes her new friends; she'll even sneak upstairs to see them while Max is out, against all medical advice but something about her “condition” is nagging at the borders of her mind. After all, what is a house-bound girl to do when she can't keep the light, her new friendships, or - worst of all - her memories out? The problem might be Vita herself but as far as anyone can prove... there's nothing wrong with her.
'Encompasses so many things: a whole life - sorrows, damage, hopes' RICHARD CURTIS
'Surreal, magical, totally original' SATHNAM SANGHERA
'Deep and dark and beautiful' ESTHER FREUD
PRAISE FOR KATE WEINBERG AND THE TRUANTS
'One of the standout books of the summer' Stylist
'Magical in every way . . . One of the best novels I've ever read' Fearne Cotton
'As much a coming-of-age tale as a murder mystery . . . An impressive debut' The Times
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"Gloriously original, funny, and frighteningly observant, reading Kate Weinberg's There's Nothing Wrong with Her is like reading your brain turned inside out and seeing all the chaos that goes inside, as written by an author with an astuteness and clarity of voice that is captivating and entirely brilliant. I loved it!" - Ore Agbaje-Williams
"A really wonderful piece of work: so fresh . . . So excellently written . . . I love the way it encompasses SO many things: a whole life - sorrows, damage, hopes - but then has them interacting so interestingly with the present, like two thick paint colors slowly mixing in front of your eyes." - Sara Collins
"Deep and dark and beautiful." - Esther Freud
"Slim in size but vast in emotional impact, Kate Weinberg's novel explores the landscape of one woman's life - her heart, her family, her pain and her desires. A work of dazzling bravery." - Jenny Jackson
"This painfully funny novel sizzles with love and desire, isolation and loss, and the incongruous breakthroughs that take place when one has little left to lose." - Elizabeth McKenzie
"Kate Weinberg writes with prose so exquisite that I kept copying bits to show people. There's Nothing Wrong With Her is so beautifully perceptive and forensically observed; she writes about the complexities of human relationships in a way that stops me in my tracks. One of those books I will read again and again." - Jojo Moyes
"Funny and painfully true. A book of revelations. This is a beautiful capture of what it means to live with a chronic illness. The best thing you'll read this year." - Kiley Reid
"There's Nothing Wrong with Her is a tender, curious, and undeniably urgent exploration of the many modern challenges to women's health and happiness. As compassionate as it is incisive, Weinberg's latest makes a persuasive case for the saving graces of our imaginative inner worlds." - M L Rio
"I couldn't put down this quick, clever novel. . . . Both comic and heartbreaking in equal measure, There's Nothing Wrong With Her is a post-pandemic must-read. I'll be thinking about its vivid cast of characters for a good long time." - Amy Shearn
"There's Nothing Wrong with Her is the rarest of reads: unflinchingly honest, wryly funny, and incredibly tender in the moments between. Vita and her eccentric crew are companions we could all use on our toughest days." - Leanne Toshiko Simpson
"This novel may delve into The Pit (of ill health, of grief, of despair), but it never feels less than buoyant. Weinberg has found a way to write about chronic illness and pain with great wit, creativity, and verve. I loved every page of this short novel and hated to leave its vibrant characters behind." - Laura Sims
"A really wonderful piece of work: so fresh . . . So excellently written . . . I love the way it encompasses SO many things: a whole life - sorrows, damage, hopes - but then has them interacting so interestingly with the present, like two thick paint colors slowly mixing in front of your eyes." - Sara Collins
"Deep and dark and beautiful." - Esther Freud
"Slim in size but vast in emotional impact, Kate Weinberg's novel explores the landscape of one woman's life - her heart, her family, her pain and her desires. A work of dazzling bravery." - Jenny Jackson
"This painfully funny novel sizzles with love and desire, isolation and loss, and the incongruous breakthroughs that take place when one has little left to lose." - Elizabeth McKenzie
"Kate Weinberg writes with prose so exquisite that I kept copying bits to show people. There's Nothing Wrong With Her is so beautifully perceptive and forensically observed; she writes about the complexities of human relationships in a way that stops me in my tracks. One of those books I will read again and again." - Jojo Moyes
"Funny and painfully true. A book of revelations. This is a beautiful capture of what it means to live with a chronic illness. The best thing you'll read this year." - Kiley Reid
"There's Nothing Wrong with Her is a tender, curious, and undeniably urgent exploration of the many modern challenges to women's health and happiness. As compassionate as it is incisive, Weinberg's latest makes a persuasive case for the saving graces of our imaginative inner worlds." - M L Rio
"I couldn't put down this quick, clever novel. . . . Both comic and heartbreaking in equal measure, There's Nothing Wrong With Her is a post-pandemic must-read. I'll be thinking about its vivid cast of characters for a good long time." - Amy Shearn
"There's Nothing Wrong with Her is the rarest of reads: unflinchingly honest, wryly funny, and incredibly tender in the moments between. Vita and her eccentric crew are companions we could all use on our toughest days." - Leanne Toshiko Simpson
"This novel may delve into The Pit (of ill health, of grief, of despair), but it never feels less than buoyant. Weinberg has found a way to write about chronic illness and pain with great wit, creativity, and verve. I loved every page of this short novel and hated to leave its vibrant characters behind." - Laura Sims
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