An unsettling novel about the secrets, lies and omissions of a small rural community by bestselling novelist Suzannah Dunn.
'Levitation for Beginners transported me right back to my '70s schooldays. The clannishness and micro-cruelties of 10-year-old girls were brilliantly authentic. I especially liked the innuendo and half-grasped truths that filter down to Deborah from the adult world and the slowly building unease. I loved that nothing was over-explained; it all made for a deliciously unsettling read' Clare Chambers, bestselling author of Small Pleasures
Our neighbours' gardens glittered darkly with laburnum seeds, and in the alley behind the fence were abandoned fridges perfect for our games of hide-and-seek. At the end of the street idled the ice cream van from behind which, brandishing our Mivvis, we could bolt into the path of a driver - un-clunked, un-clicked - who'd had one more for the road. I'm only half joking when I say I'm surprised that any of us lived to tell the tale.
Praise for Suzannah Dunn
'Altogether a marvellous writer' Sunday Times
'Her dissections of the quiet hell of family life are splendid, and she has an absolutely convincing voice of her own' Malcolm Bradbury, praise for Darker Days Than Usual
'All adolescent life is here, lovingly portrayed, captured with breathtaking accuracy. Suzannah Dunn is a gifted writer' The Times, praise for Blood Sugar
'Compelling power...Dunn shows again her gift for making the ordinary seem extraordinary' The Times, praise for Venus Flaring
