Lydia is hungry. She's always wanted to try sashimi and ramen,onigiri and udon - the food her Japanese father liked to eat - but the only thing she can digest is blood. Yet Lydia can't bring herself to prey on humans,and sourcing fresh pigs'blood in London - where she is living away from her Malaysian-British mother for the first time and trying to build a career as an artist - is much more difficult than she'd anticipated.
If Lydia is to find a way to exist in the world,she must reconcile the conflicts within her - between her demon and human sides,her mixed ethnic heritage and her relationship with food,and,in turn,humans. Before any of this,however,she must eat.
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780349015637Number of pages: 256Weight: 200 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 18 mm
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'Absolutely brilliant - tragic,funny,eccentric and so perfectly suited to this particularly weird time. Claire Kohda takes the vampire trope and makes it her own in a way that feels fresh and original. Serious issues of race,disability,misogyny,body image,sexual abuse are handled with subtlety,insight,and a lightness of touch. The spell this novel casts is so complete I feel utterly,and happily,bitten.'- Ruth Ozeki
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