Overspill, Charlotte Paradise
Overspill, Charlotte Paradise
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Overspill

Author: Charlotte Paradise

Narrator: Victoria Morrison

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Akan Books

Published: 04/24/2025

Synopsis

Tender, brutal, devastating, OVERSPILL is the debut novel from incredible new literary talent, Charlotte Paradise, perfect for fans of Sally Rooney and Coco Mellors 'This book will break your heart, mend it, and send you away with hope' 'Paradise brings the reader on a journey of both pleasure and pain' ‘With fluid prose reminiscent of both Jessica Andrews' watercolour-esque writing and Coco Mellors' sculpted syntax’ ********************************************* Sara is twenty-five. She has never used a tampon without having a panic attack. She starts dating Miles. For three months, they don’t touch. Miles respects her boundaries, though he longs for them to melt away. Sara desires Miles, but she knows her body, or rather she knows it is an unknowable thing. Sara wants to be in love, to find a person who allows her to be herself. Someone who is happy with everything she is and everything she isn’t. Miles hopes he won’t hurt her. But how do you navigate a relationship for which there is no blueprint? How do you love someone when your body is not your own, and how do you reclaim it? ****************************************** Readers adore OVERSPILL… 'A gorgeous, aching, generous novel – this is the kind of book that demands to be passed between friends'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Hugely moving'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Unashamedly explores the barriers to female desire and the ways our bodies tell us what we've been trying to ignore.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Beautiful…I absolutely devoured it'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on March 14, 2025

2.5 rounded up The start is challenging for me with its discussion of bodily issues that 25-year-old Sara suffers from. She hasn’t been in a relationship since Nick and has only had a few dates, partly because of her body issues. Now, she starts to date Miles, she has to explain her psychological pr......more

Goodreads review by Silvia on March 05, 2025

Sara dates Miles whilst struggling with her own journey through trauma, grief and bodily detachment - her limbs, her mind, her organs don’t belong to her - yet, she so wishes them to allow her to experience Miles’s love. A raw portrayal of living with cptsd and trauma’s sway over one’s crumpling wor......more

Goodreads review by Ellen-Arwen on April 25, 2025

Wow, this was an emotional GUT PUNCH. Hard to review, if I'm honest... Charlotte Paradise is a very, very talented writer, that much is clear. I didn't remember what this was about as I requested it from NetGalley a while back (thanks for the arc!) and sort of went it blind - which I don't recommend......more

Goodreads review by Jo on April 24, 2025

Happy publication day 🎉🥳🎧 A very conflicted and complicated 5 🌟 It’s incredibly hard to believe that this is Charlotte Paradise’s debut. It’s such an accomplished piece. It’s raw and breathtaking, yet it’s suffocating and anxiety inducing the writing is absolutely stunning, it’s beautiful and lyrical......more

Goodreads review by Emily on May 17, 2025

Raw and unforgettable. This book tore me to shreds. A superb literary fiction with yearning, trauma and an honest exploration of women’s physical and mental health. I have thought about this book & these characters all week. I don’t think that I am capable of accurately verbalising how this book made......more

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