Everything You Ever Wanted

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Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Sauma explores the story of a young woman feeling disconnected in her life on Earth. When she receives the chance to start anew on another planet, the narrative unravels themes of identity, choice, and what it truly means to seek happiness and fulfilment. Sauma crafts a poignant tale that examines the challenges of modern existence through an intriguing and unique premise.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to thought-provoking narratives that explore the complexities of human desires and the quest for a meaningful life. Through its blend of speculative fiction and relatable struggles, this read can captivate anyone interested in examining personal fulfilment against a backdrop of existential questions and a unique setting.

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Everything You Ever Wanted

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A beautiful new planet. A meaningful new life. Are you ready?

You wake up. You go to work. You don't go outside for twelve hours at a time. You have strategy meetings about how to use hashtags. After work, you order expensive drink after expensive drink until you're so blackout drunk you can't remember the circumstances which have led you to waking up in bed with your colleague.

The next day, you stay in bed until the afternoon, scrolling through your social media feeds and wondering why everyone else seems to be achieving so much. Sometimes you don't get out of bed at all.

Then you hear about Life on Nyx, a programme that allows 100 lucky winners the chance to escape it all, move to another planet and establish a new way of life. One with meaning and purpose. One without Instagram and online dating. There's one caveatβ€”if you go, you can never come back.

But you aren't worried about that.

After all, what on Earth could there possibly be to miss?

Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Sauma explores the possibilities of escape and the quest for a life that truly matters.

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Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Sauma is praised for its sensitive exploration of contemporary life's frustrations and humour. The novel is noted for capturing the zeitgeist, addressing themes of social media addiction, and status anxiety with sharp, satirical precision. While delving into depression and anxiety, it remains an ambitious mix of speculative drama and office satire, earning acclaim for its original voice and poignant insights into the human condition.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241363560

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 193g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Luiza Sauma was born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in London. Her first novel, Flesh and Bone and Water, received widespread critical acclaim and she was listed by the Telegraph as one of their 'ones to watch' for 2017. Luiza worked at the Independent on Sunday for several years before becoming a novelist. She has an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths, University of London, where she won the Pat Kavanagh Award.

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