Leave a Light on for Me

<p><strong>A year after her mum's death twenty-something trans woman Natalie Dawson is on a downward spiral self-medicating with alcohol and binge-watching </strong><em><strong>Buffy</strong></em><strong>. </strong></p><p>She's let her veganism lapse abandoned her culinary dreams and checked out of every connection she's ever made. The present's bleak the future bleaker. Until she falls in love with Veronica a woman twice her age who likes nothing more than to play games that would put Steven Shainberg's <em>Secretary</em> to shame.</p><p>After discovering a box of old mix tapes Natalie's convinced she's found signs her late mum saw her as a daughter after all. A trail of pop songs and power ballads provide a lifeline one that'll see her exhume the role she played in her mum's death and bring Veronica's own secrets to the surface.</p><p>Splicing the complex romance of <em>The Phantom Thread</em> with the metaphorical ghosts of Six Feet Under the novel is perfect for readers of Torrey Peters and Caroline O'Donoghue and fans of <em>Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine</em> and <em>My Year of Rest and Relaxation</em>.</p>