Greta and Valdin

Rebecca K Reilly

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Hutchinson
04 February 2025

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction: special features

'Hilarious, touching and hotly sublime' JULIA ARMFIELD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'Delightfully confident . . . a total pleasure' TIMES

'Warm, witty and utterly idiosyncratic' ALICE SLATER

'Hilarious, touching and hotly sublime' JULIA ARMFIELD

'Lovable and joyful' NEW YORK TIMES A BROTHER. A SISTER. A LOT OF EMOTION IN ONE APARTMENT.

This is the story of Greta and Valdin- twenty-something brother and sister with a near-unpronounceable surname, a sprawling Maori-Russian-Catalonian family and questionable taste in partners.

While Valdin can't seem to get over his ex-boyfriend who fled the country, Greta has an unrequited crush on fellow English tutor Holly, who uses her for admin support. But all hope is not lost for these lovelorn siblings. Through the misadventures and mess of modern adulthood, at least they still have each other - unless drama gets in the way.

From bad dates to family feuds and embarrassing karaoke nights, this acclaimed bestseller from New Zealand is a fresh, heartwarming and hilarious story about the trials and tribulations of love in its many forms.

By: Rebecca K Reilly
Imprint: Hutchinson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 233g
ISBN: 9781804946077
ISBN 10: 1804946079
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 04 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rebecca K Reilly (Ngaati Hine, Ngaati Rehua Ngaatiwai ki Aotea) is a Maaori novelist from Waitaakere, New Zealand. She has a BA (hons) in German and European studies from the University of Auckland and an MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington, where she won the Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing for 2019.

Reviews for Greta and Valdin

Greta & Valdin is hilarious, touching and hotly sublime. The kind of novel that simultaneously makes me wish I were funnier and absolves me from the need to try - I'll never be as funny as Rebecca K Reilly (and that's ok). -- Julia Armfield Heartwarmingly tender and raucously funny, with the sophistication of a Shakespearean comedy, Greta & Valdin is replete with swoonworthy queer romance, hilariously eccentric sibling hijinks and mature reckoning with the complexities of family heritage. A deliciously perfectly bittersweet delight. -- Leon Craig