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Summer Hours
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Summer Hours
A hot Edinburgh summer and a stagnating life unravels
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About the Ebook
It's a hot Edinburgh summer, and Roisin's life is stagnating. She spends her days cancelling plans, skipping work and drinking lukewarm wine in the bathtub with her best friend Eve.
When their wealthy mutual friend Claire offers Roisin a significant amount of money under the guise of 'freelance work,' Roisin thinks her luck might finally be changing. But Claire's proposal is not all it seems, and soon Roisin finds herself trapped. Paralysed by both her intense infatuation with Eve and her secret arrangement with Claire, Roisin must walk a delicate line to avoid losing what matters to her most.
Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Discover a sharp, funny novel of a stalled Edinburgh summer
- Explore Roisin's unravelling life with wit and honesty
- Engage with fresh contemporary Scottish fiction
- Read another celebrated title from Polygon - an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Reviews
'A spry tale of friendship and desire, best inhaled in a single sitting — astute, funny, and fizzing with life' Malachy Tallack
'Everything about this book is alive — I inhaled it' Maria Sledmere
'A sizzling debut' Sunday Post
'Thom's Tardis-like debut novel makes an outsize impression' The Scotsman
'A novel that packs a real punch — so eloquent and evocative you can feel the heat coming off the page' SNACK Magazine
'Perfect for fans of Sally Rooney and Julia Armfield' Scots Magazine, August Book of the Month
'Shortlisted for The List Best Rising Scottish Author Award'
About the Author
Alessandra Thom is a writer from Aberdeenshire. She was a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee for Prose in 2023 and the second-place runner-up in the Short Fiction International Short Story Prize 2024. Her short fiction has appeared in Gutter. Summer Hours is her first novel.
Publication Details
Publisher: Polygon (an imprint of Birlinn Ltd)
Publication Date: 19 June 2025
Print Length: 160 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9781788856645
Format: Ebook
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