At a wedding a young woman sits down in the middle of the dance floor and never gets up. Soon she is dead. All around the world people start to sit down. Is it a choice? Are they sick or are they giving up? Why is this happening? When Emily St John Mandel describes this story as ‘extraordinary’, I immediately have to read.
If you like contemporary, thought-provoking fiction, you’ll love this little gem. Part love-story, part philosophical rant about our obsessive search for that elusive golden nugget called ‘happiness’. A perfect match for Sally Rooney, Patricia Lockwood, and of course Emily St John Mandel fans.
— Olivia