Online Book Club: Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly

Our book club get together takes place online as we continue to explore our literary journey with Greta and Valdin - A brother, A sister, a lot of emotion in one apartment!

Greta and Valdin are siblings in their late twenties in New Zealand. They share an apartment and are each other's support system. Valdin is reeling in the aftermath of his break-up with a much older man and adjusting to a major career change from physics to hosting a travel show. Greta is finding herself and panicking about how she'll ever make enough money to live with her Russian and English literature masters degree. Zooming further out, they're surrounded by a large and chaotic family. An older brother who has a teenage son and a young daughter who has no filter. A Maaori mother and Russian immigrant father. A gay uncle and his shipping magnate partner whose brother happens to be Valdin's ex. They're a tight knit bunch but full of tangles as they're trying to figure out how to live, laugh, love in these conditions.

***shortlisted for the Waterstones debut fiction prize 2024***

***an internatioinal bestseller***

'Delightfully confident . . . a total pleasure' TIMES

'Warm, witty and utterly idiosyncratic' ALICE SLATER

'Hilarious, touching and hotly sublime' JULIA ARMFIELD

'Lovable and joyful' NEW YORK TIMES