'Mila can't shake her grief for the life she thought she'd have. She's broke, childless, and single. But her developing relationship with Josh, a sugar baby, opens her eyes to new possibilities.
'Then Josh goes missing on a trip to Europe — a presumed suicide. Mila, and Josh’s best friend Kyle, are devastated, yet they suspect something is amiss. Together, they feel compelled to trace Josh’s steps across Budapest, Prague and Berlin, seeking clues in his last posts online.
'Yet is there one mysterious factor Mila hasn't considered?
'Is running toward danger the only way for Mila to meet her true capacity? Or will it mean yet more loss?
'This genre-defying stunner asks how we might make the most of our power in the face of fear, loss, and the unknown. It celebrates our ability, despite great challenges, to be intimate with others and with the world.'(Publication summary)
Epigraph:
And so, if things ae splinters
Of the knowledge of the universe
Let me be my own sliver,
Imprecise and diverse.
- Fernando Pessoa
'A genre-defying novel that plays around with concepts of loss, power and different realities.'
'Angela Meyer’s novels cross genres in interesting and inventive ways. Her first, A Superior Spectre, was both dystopian and historical, set in the near future and in 1860s Scotland. Her latest, Moon Sugar, is described as “Helen Fielding meets John Wyndham” and involves a single woman in a science fiction world.' (Introduction)
'There is an experiment at the heart of Angela Meyer’s second novel, Moon Sugar. Without going into spoiler-level detail, it unlocks something in her protagonists, offering them new ways to connect with each other and the world around them. This experiment is a neat metaphor for Meyer’s own; by slipping between genres, her fiction strives to upend readerly expectations, expanding the possibilities for engagement.' (Introduction)
