Suicide Club
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A story about living
Imagine a world where the healthy choice is the only choice.
'Original and subversive.' Independent'Life-affirming' Erin Kelly, author of HE SAID/SHE SAIDLea Kirino is a 'Lifer,' who has the potential to live forever - if she does everything right. She has lived her life by religiously following the state directives that ensure she remains fit and healthy. She knows she wants to live forever, and she is going to green juice, yoga-cise and meditate her way to immortality. Yet, when a brush with death brings her face to face with a mysterious group who believe in everything the state has banned, memories of now-forbidden childhood pleasures resurge alongside ghosts of her past. As Lea's long-held beliefs begin to crack, she is forced to consider: What does it really mean to live?'Addictive' Sun'Fascinating' Jeff VanderMeer, author of the SOUTHERN REACH trilogy'An intriguing idea in which Heng takes a much-needed swipe at health fascism and our obsession with youth, beauty and superfoods' Mail on SundayBuy now!
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- ISBN: 9781473672956
- Author: Rachel Heng
- Pub date: 26.03.19
- RRP: $29.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Rachel Heng
Rachel Heng is a Singaporean writer who graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Comparative Literature & Society. After working in the finance sector in London, Rachel moved to Austin, to pursue an MFA in Fiction and Screenwriting at the Michener Center for Writers. Rachel's short stories have been published in literary journals such as Prairie Schooner and the minnesota review. Suicide Club is her first novel.