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Cleaner

By: Jess Shannon
Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
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'Its magnetism and effortless backflips reminded me a lot of Raven Leilani's Luster, like reading a painting. She's an incredible talent' Julia Raeside, author of Don't Make Me Laugh

'Shannon's debut is a tremendous display of talent. Contemporary in its composition and fearless to experiment, the book elegantly makes bold thematic suggestions which avoid heavy-handedness' 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, and sets in motion a series of events that lead to her posing 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

©2025 Jess Shannon (P)2025 W. F. Howes Ltd Women's Fiction
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This book is delightful. The narrator is sad and comical and thoroughly ridiculous. There are surprising laugh out loud moments. It's the story of a young woman with an art degree who has just finished college and has no idea what to do with her life. A chance encounter with another woman in a gallery bathroom turns her world upside down. Breezy, unpretentious and bursting with ideas. I couldn't recommend this highly enough.

A brilliant debut

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