Go Lightly
'nails the chaos, panic and joy of being young'
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
'Sharp and funny and humane . . . Brydie skewers everyone equally, but always with empathy, warmth and wit' MONICA HEISEY, author of Really Good, Actually
'A novel that really nails the chaos, panic and joy of being young' DAISY BUCHANAN, author of Insatiable
'Captures twentysomething chaos . . . Very funny' THE TIMES
Ada is a typical Aussie in London in her mid-twenties. Impulsive and free-thinking, she prides herself on her independence and street smarts. A happenstance hook-up with Sadie, a playwright at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, results in Sadie moving into Ada's flat – and bed. Simultaneously, Ada enters into an undefined, mostly online situationship with Stuart, a struggling artist from Liverpool.
Navigating the choppy waters of the various complicated relationships in her life, Ada will learn that her footloose approach to love and sex may make for a great story at the pub, but might not make her truly happy. Across Edinburgh, Liverpool, London and even Florida, Ada confronts the complexities of that dreaded phenomenon all too well-known: the quarter-life crisis.
Incisively funny, Go Lightly is a tribute to both the freedom and freefall of your twenties, and to the growing pains of self-discovery.
'Funny, perceptive and effortlessly engaging I loved this novel' LILY LINDON, author of Double Booked
'Sharp, witty and astute' THE HERALD
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Screenwriter Lee-Kennedy pivots to romance fiction with the low-key tale of a bisexual love triangle between 20-something slackers. Aspiring actor Ada Highfield, living the single life in London with her more responsible roommate, Mel, leaves a performance at the Edinburgh Fringe with two romantic opportunities: there's fellow Australian Sadie, who Ada hooked up with after clubbing, and Liverpudlian Stuart, with whom she begins a text-based flirtation. When Sadie's living situation suddenly sours, she moves in with Ada and the two resume hooking up, even as things deepen between Ada and Stuart. While trying to stay solvent and measuring herself against her sister's more traditional life as a new mother in Florida, Ada leans into the thrill of both budding relationships. Lee-Kennedy showcases her flair for dialogue both in the apartment's household dynamic and in the sense of cautiously building interest in Stuart and Ada's texts. Though Ada is introduced as an impulsive free spirit, she, and by extension the novel itself, is surprisingly timid after the steamy opening. Despite a promise of playfulness, the story delivers far more understated anxiety. Still, Lee-Kennedy's witty approach to the realities of modern dating is sure to draw readers in.
