Beautyland

'One of the best books I have read this year' KALIANE BRADLEY, Guardian 'A perfect little polished garnet of a novel' New York Times Even as a child, Adina Giorno knows that she is different. She is from a faraway planet. Born at the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, Adina is a baby of unusual perception. Tiny and jaundiced, she reaches for warmth and light. She stumbles through her first years on Earth until a fax machine arrives at home, enabling her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives who have sent her to report on the oddities of Earthlings. As she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. Then, at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her observations with the world. Is there a chance there are others like her out there? A Guardian and New York Times best book of the year, Beautyland introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times. It is a novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life in our universe. 5-STAR READER REVIEWS: 'This is a rare book where the concept and execution are both pitch perfect...I loved this' 'A stunner. Quirky, poignant, magical, heartbreaking - I loved it' 'Weeping, yelling, sending faxes. I loved this beautiful book so much' 'A beautiful, gentle story, for every person who has ever felt like an alien among all the humans' 'One of the best things I've ever read... What a special, special book' 'A book that I will recommend to people for the rest of my life' DAKOTA JOHNSON 'It's impossible for a book to feel this fun and this urgent. Beautyland is a miracle. I'll be rereading it forever' KAVEH AKBAR 'Beautiful and hilarious and transcendent... Bertino is an other-worldly talent' TOMMY ORANGE