A Selfie As Big As The Ritz Stories Lara Williams by Lara Williams 9781250126627, 9781250126634, 1250126622, 1250126630 instant download after payment.

"A dark wonder. An often harrowing (and in parts, very, very funny) debut, it targets the unfathomable nonsense of relationships, work & modern living with a keen eye, head-spinning wordplay & enough compassion to crush your heart. Buy it for everyone you know." —The Skinny

She finds herself single, twenty-nine, partially-employed, and about a half a stone overweight. Roller dexter of eligible friends rattling thin. Thirties breathing down her neck like an inappropriate uncle. She jogs. Looks good in turquoise. Finds herself punctuating gas "better out than in!" patting her stomach like a department store Santa. This is who I am, she thinks.

The women in Lara Williams' debut story collection, A Selfie as Big as the Ritz, navigate the tumultuous interval between early twenties & middle age. In the title story, a relationship implodes against the romantic backdrop of Paris. In "One of Those Life Things," a young woman struggles to say the right thing at her best friend’s abortion. In “Penguins,” a girlfriend tries to accept her boyfriend’s bizarre sexual fantasy. As Williams’ characters attempt to lean in, fall in love, hold together a family, fend off loneliness, & build a meaningful life, we see them alternating between expectation & resignation, giddiness & melancholy, the rollercoaster we all find ourselves on.

Lara Williams is the author of A Selfie as Big as the Ritz, which was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize, the Edinburgh First Book Award, & the Saboteur Awards, & longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. She is also the author of Supper Club, which won the Guardian “Not the Booker” Prize & was named as a Book of the Year 2019 by TIME & Vogue. Lara Williams lives in Manchester & is a contributor to the Guardian, Independent, Times Literary Supplement, Vice, Dazed, & others.