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Seeing Other People

Diana Reid

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Ultimo Press
04 March 2025
Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist 2022

Shortlisted for the Indie Award for Best Fiction

Shortlisted for the ABIA for Literary Fiction

Longlisted for the BookPeople Book of the Year for Fiction 

’Diana Reid has such a way with language.’ ― Mamamia​

‘This! Was! So! Good! ... Diana Reid you are in a total league of your own.’ - Zara McDonald, Shameless Podcast

‘Seeing Other People will be the book of the summer.’ - PedestrianTV

‘An extraordinary new voice in Aussie lit.’ ― Zoë Foster Blake

‘a captivating read that feels made for racing through while lying on the beach.’ ― Vogue Australia

Which comes first—those you love, or those you want?

Charlie’s skin was stinging. Not with heat or sweat, but with that intense, body-defining self-consciousness—that sense of being watched. She lowered her eyes from Eleanor’s loving gaze. Her throat taut with tears, she swallowed. ‘You’re a good sister, Eleanor.’

‘Don’t say that.’

After two years of lockdowns, there’s change in the air. Eleanor has just broken up with her boyfriend, Charlie’s career as an actress is starting up again. They’re finally ready to pursue their dreams—relationships, career, family—if only they can work out what it is they really want.

When principles and desires clash, Eleanor and Charlie are forced to ask: where is the line between self-love and selfishness? In all their confusion, mistakes will be made and lies will be told as they reckon with the limits of their own self-awareness.

PRAISE FOR SEEING OTHER PEOPLE:

‘a great summer read.’ - The Guardian

‘The prose sparkles on the page, as effervescent and drinkable as a glass of prosecco on a warm summer's evening.’ - The Australian

‘We absolutely adored this hotly-anticipated novel’ - The Shameless Bookclub

‘If you tore through Love & Virtue last year, you'll want to add Diana Reid's second novel to the top of your reading bucket list.’ - Marie Claire

‘I enjoyed this funny, charming and enormously readable novel a great deal, in large part due to the wit and authenticity with which Reid represents her characters and their world.’ - The West Australian

‘Reid hasn’t lost her skewering wit.’ - Sydney Morning Herald

'a compulsive read’ - Primer

'funny and engaging’ - ArtsHub

‘Reid's witty and insightful social observation is something to relish’ - ABC Radio National, The Bookshelf

‘There is a genuine warmth as well as capacious intelligence and sly humour to Reid’s writing, and a dynamic energy to the novel that’s always compelling’ - The Guardian

‘This charming, insightful and clever follow-up to Love & Virtue is an immensely readable novel that explores the bonds of family, friendship and principle.’ - Books + Publishing

‘a story bathed in sisterhood and the oft complicated relationship sisters are forced to navigate.’ - Russh

‘if you’re heading to the beach and need a light, funny read, this book will deliver that for you.’ - The Canberra Times

‘written in superb prose, this is the ultimate contemporary dramedy’ - InStyle

‘I love Diana Reid’s writing and Seeing Other People hit the mark once again.’ - Women's Agenda

 
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Imprint:   Ultimo Press
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm, 
Weight:   293g
ISBN:   9781761154188
ISBN 10:   1761154184
Pages:   304
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Diana Reid is the Australian author of the bestselling novels Love & Virtue and Seeing Other People. Her debut, Love & Virtue, won the ABIA Book of the Year Award, the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award, the ABA Booksellers’ Choice Fiction Book of the Year Award, and the MUD Literary Prize. She was also named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist in 2022. Born in Sydney, she is currently based in London. Signs of Damage is her third novel.

Reviews for Seeing Other People

‘This! Was! So! Good! ... Diana Reid you are in a total league of your own.’  -- Zara McDonald * Shameless Podcast * ‘An extraordinary new voice in Aussie lit.’ -- Zoê Foster Blake ‘Reid is a young author to watch.’ * Marie Claire * ‘funny, clever and addictive’ * Daily Mail UK * ‘The prose sparkles on the page, as effervescent and drinkable as a glass of Prosecco on a warm summer's evening.’ * The Australian * ‘Diana Reid will be called the new Sally Rooney’ -- Meg Mason ‘Seeing Other People is another punchy and well-observed novel.’  * The Guardian * ‘Diana Reid’s close third-person narration captures every gesture and thought, creating a strong sense of interiority for all her characters. She effortlessly documents the process of watching, the awareness of being watched, and the split-second analysis of social interactions. Like a more bubbly Sally Rooney, Reid’s work is full of interactions and interconnections, sex and conversations, friends and family. Part romance, part social commentary and part family saga, Seeing Other People questions what we owe each other and what we owe ourselves.’ * Books + Publishing * ‘written in superb prose, this is the ultimate contemporary dramedy’   * InStyle * ‘a story bathed in sisterhood and the oft complicated relationship sisters are forced to navigate.’ * Russh * ‘if you’re heading to the beach and need a light, funny read, this book will deliver that for you.’ * The Canberra Times * ‘Seeing Other People will be the book of the summer.’ * PedestrianTV * ‘The snark is delicious, like the bright, citric fizz of popping candy. It’s a welcome reprieve from the novels of middle-class malaise that have been so painfully fashionable of late’ * Sydney Morning Herald * ‘I enjoyed this funny, charming and enormously readable novel a great deal, in large part due to the wit and authenticity with which Reid represents her characters and their world.’ * The West Australian * ‘funny and engaging’ * ArtsHub * ‘Reid's witty and insightful social observation is something to relish’ * ABC Radio National, The Bookshelf * ‘We absolutely adored this hotly-anticipated novel’ * The Shameless Bookclub * ‘Snappy dialogue, sharp insights, interesting moral dilemmas and humour.’ * Sydney Morning Herald * ‘If you tore through Love & Virtue last year, you'll want to add Diana Reid's second novel to the top of your reading bucket list.’ * Marie Claire *


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