Acts of Desperation - Megan Nolan

Written by Megan Nolan
Read by Lauren Coe
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

General Information
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Title: Acts of Desperation
Author: Megan Nolan
Narrator: Lauren Coe
Audiobook Copyright: 2021
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9781549109805
Subjects: Fiction, Literature

File Information
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Media Format: MP3
Total Files: 6
Total Size: 184 MB
Bitrate: 64 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Channels: Stereo

Book Description
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Heralding the arrival of “a huge literary talent” (Karl Ove
Knausgaard), Megan Nolan’s riveting debut is “a blistering anti-
romance” (Catherine Lacey) about love addiction and what it does to
us.Wouldn’t I do anything to reverse my loss, the absence of him?In
the first scene of this provocative gut-punch of a novel, our unnamed
narrator meets a magnetic writer named Ciaran and falls, against her
better judgment, completely in his power. After a brief, all-consuming
romance he abruptly rejects her, sending her into a tailspin of
jealous obsession and longing. If he ever comes back to her, she
resolves to hang onto him and his love at all costs, even if it
destroys her… Part breathless confession, part lucid critique, Acts
of Desperation renders a consciousness split between rebellion and
submission, between escaping degradation and eroticizing it, between
loving and being lovable. With unsettling, electric precision, Nolan
dissects one of life’s most elusive mysteries: Why do we want what we
want, and how do we want it? Combining the intellectual excitement of
Rachel Cusk with the emotional rawness of Elena Ferrante, Acts of
Desperation interrogates the nature of desire, power, and toxic
relationships, challenging us to reckon honestly with our own
insatiability.