A funny and heartbreaking coming-of-age story about sisterhood, grief and first love, from the million copy bestselling author of The Wedding People

'Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same sentence'

Claire Lombardo

Sally Holt has always been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally's questions about life, about love and about Billy Barnes, the high school basketball star who runs the refreshment stand at the local pool. Billy's unfathomable, otherworldly cool puts him on a different planet - until a tragedy leaves Sally's life forever intertwined with his.

Opening in the early nineties and charting almost two decades of shared history and missed connections, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance is a dazzlingly unconventional love story that brims with unexpected moments of joy.

Details

ISBN13: 9781399635479
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 352
Edition:
Publication Date: 30 Sep 2025
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 19.6(H)x12.8(L)x2.6(W)245
Weight (gm): 245

Author Biography

Alison Espach is the author of three novels including The Wedding People, which was selected for the Read With Jenna book club and became a major international bestseller. Her short stories and essays have appeared in a wide range of publications, including McSweeney's and Vogue. She is a Professor of creative writing at Providence College in Rhode Island.

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