Cleaner
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Cleaner
Cleaner
For fans of Sally Rooney. A young womanβs return home spirals into an obsession with cleaning, leading her to a nude gallery and a meeting that will change her life. This bold debut explores loneliness, self-expression, and disillusionment with unflinching depth. Perfect for fans of smart literary fiction like Normal People and Exciting Times.
'She's an incredible talent' Julia Raeside, author of Don't Make Me Laugh
'A tremendous display of talent' Gonzalo Ceron Garcia, author of We Are The End
A woman in her mid-twenties moves back home to live with her parents, where her listlessness fuels an obsession with cleaning. This sets in motion a series of events that lead her to pose as a model in a nude gallery, where she encounters a woman whose life will intertwine with her own.
'An utterly unflinching debut novel about becoming adrift: a rare and profound book about loneliness, self-expression, and disillusionment, featuring sex, love, drugs - and cleaning' Ian Sansom
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781835012642
Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 28 August 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bedford Square Publishers
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 202.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 240
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About the Author
Jess Shannon was born and raised in Birmingham. She is a proud graduate of the University of Warwick Writing Programme, completing her degree in Literature and Writing in 2020 and her Masters in Writing in 2021. She lives and works in Solihull and hates cleaning.
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