Sunbathing

'The aspects of this debut novel I loved most were everything it did with and said about our phones and the internet, one particular conversational set piece about feminism, and its Abruzzo (and Melbourne) setting... Beech's prose is beautiful, and this debut is one to look forward to' Jaclyn Crupi 'This debut novel-written by Isobel Beech, former senior culture writer at VICE-reads very much like a traditional grief memoir, with its subtle and astute insights into the complexities of the grieving process and use of second person to address the narrator's father. As a novel, however, it is also able to touch on larger cultural subjects, such as the #MeToo movement, white male privilege and social media dependence...[Beech] fuses the sadness and absurdity of life and death through powerful prose and just a touch of dark humour.' Bookseller & Publisher