Grenade

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE ACCLAIMED, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BLUE SISTERS AND CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN

'I want to be a mother – and I want to be free.'

When filmmaker Zuzu arrives in Paris for the premiere of her first feature, she has only three days before she must return to Los Angeles to try, once again, to conceive a child. At thirty-four, she is reeling from multiple miscarriages just as she begins to taste the first real success of her career, and this trip is only meant to be a brief detour before the next attempt. But Paris in July – hot, crowded, and full of temptations – has other plans.

There is her brilliant, unruly best friend, Anouk, who wants everything and fears nothing. There is the possibility of a reunion with Paloma, her world-famous ex-girlfriend, whose attention Zuzu still craves. Finally, there is her husband back home, and a love both threatened and deepened by their shared longing for a child. As the sweltering days unfold and the past presses in, Zuzu makes a series of decisions that threaten to explode the life she has built so carefully.

The highly anticipated third novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters and Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Grenade confronts a contradiction that has never felt more timely: the longing for motherhood, marriage, and stability—and the longing to be free.

Reviews

PRAISE FOR COCO MELLORS

‘A breathtaking novel’ Liv Little

'In Blue Sisters, grief is rendered with gorgeous particularity' Raven Leilani

'Deeply poignant.' Harpers Bazaar

'Has a core of humanity' Sunday Times

'A top contender for book of the year. A stunning story of siblings, family, struggling and belonging’Prima

'At once contemporary and timeless. Captivating' Tess Gunty

‘Instantly compelling’ Stylist

'A healing balm. Blue Sisters will unearth tenderness and heartache from spectacular depths within you' Xochitl Gonzalez

'When I made it to the final page, I had tears in my eyes' Isabel Kaplan

'Tender, devastating and funny' Pandora Sykes

'The hottest new book' Sunday Times

'The hottest book of the year' Stylist

About the author

Coco Mellors is a writer from London and New York. She received her MFA in Fiction from New York University, where she was a Goldwater fellow. She is the author of two previous novels, Blue Sisters and Cleopatra and Frankenstein. She lives in New York with her husband and children.