There’s Nothing Wrong With Her

Kate Weinberg writes with prose so exquisite that I kept copying bits to show people. There's Nothing Wrong With Her is so beautifully perceptive and forensically observed; she writes about the complexities of human relationships in a way that stops me in my tracks. One of those books I will read again and again -- JOJO MOYES An almost dreamlike story of a young woman felled by an unnamed illness, and the shrunken world of neighbours and relationships around her ... Weinberg’s observations about relationships are forensic and quietly devastating -- JOJO MOYES * OBSERVER Summer reading * Wonderful ... Compelling ... Very funny -- MARINA HYDE I sped through it. It’s deep and dark and beautifull -- ESTHER FREUD It’s moving, absorbing, evocative - such a thoughtful exploration of the traps of grief and chronic illness. Beautifully conjured, with shades of The Yellow Wallpaper, but brilliantly modernised -- SARA COLLINS Slim in size but vast in emotional impact, Kate Weinberg’s novel explores the landscape of one woman’s life - her heart, her family, her pain and her desires. A work of dazzling bravery -- JENNY JACKSON It's so beautiful. And so painful. And so gorgeously descriptive of a devastating chapter that so many of us just don't know or understand even, with all compassion -- SARAH JESSICA PARKER Surreal, magical, and totally original, this beautiful novel provides a powerful insight into a world and experience that science is struggling to explain or navigate. Luminous -- SATHNAM SANGHERA Funny and painfully true. A book of revelations. This is a beautiful capture of what it means to live with a chronic illness. The best thing you'll read this year -- KILEY REID A really wonderful piece of work: so fresh. It encompasses so many things: a whole life - sorrows, damage, hopes -- RICHARD CURTIS I’ve never read anything like it. A brilliant mass of contradictions... It’s light and dark, funny and moving, soulful and sexy, quirky and important. A delight and an education on every page -- EMMA FREUD Long Covid is not the obvious subject for a quirky almost-romcom but Kate Weinberg pulls it off triumphantly. Touching, funny, inventive, There’s Nothing Wrong With Her is a beguiling story about illness and faith and the power of love In all its forms. I devoured it in a single greedy sitting. -- CLARE CLARK A tender, curious, and undeniably urgent exploration of the many modern challenges to women's health and happiness. As compassionate as it is incisive, Weinberg's latest makes a persuasive case for the saving graces of our imaginative inner worlds -- M L RIO This painfully funny novel sizzles with love and desire, isolation and loss, and the incongruous breakthroughs that take place when one has little left to lose -- ELIZABETH McKENZIE This novel may delve into The Pit (of ill health, of grief, of despair), but it never feels less than buoyant. Weinberg has found a way to write about chronic illness and pain with great wit, creativity, and verve. I loved every page of this short novel and hated to leave its vibrant characters behind -- LAURA SIMS Praise for The Truants: Marks Weinberg out as a natural storyteller, in the vein of Agatha Christie herself. Startling * IRISH TIMES * With deft characterisation, plenty of mystery and twists in the tale, it had me gripped * DAILY MAIL * As much a coming-of-age tale as a murder mystery . . . An impressive debut * THE TIMES * Smart and exciting and funny and mysterious -- DAWN O'PORTER Like a wickedly brilliant Donna Tartt, Agatha Christie and Liane Moriarty all mixed into one -- SCARLETT CURTIS Weinberg's debut is a page-turning tale of love, death and betrayal on a university campus that riffs on Donna Tartt's The Secret History while exerting a subtle pull of its own * I PAPER, Books of the Year * After surprising twists, Kate Weinberg provides a satisfying conclusion while asking the question: does a mystery lose its magic once it’s solved? * GUARDIAN * Think The Secret History meets Agatha Christie * RED * A must read for fans of mystery novels ... Cleverly written and relentlessly intriguing, The Truants is the perfect novel for inquisitive minds to escape into * MARIE CLAIRE * In this mesmerising debut, Kate Weinberg confidently combines literary suspense and deftly executed narrative, slowly unravelling a tangled tale about first love, obsession and the boundaries of self-identity . . . A riveting read * SCOTSMAN * This satisfying coming-of-age novel jives to a thriller-like beat. It’s a debut, though you wouldn't necessarily know it from its assured tone. While Donna Tartt’s The Secret History is a clear influence, it’s Agatha Christie whose work is most explicitly referenced, stoking an ominous sense of impending calamity * MAIL ON SUNDAY * There’s Nothing Wrong with Her is the rarest of reads: unflinchingly honest, wryly funny, and incredibly tender in the moments between. Vita and her eccentric crew are companions we could all use on our toughest days -- LEANNE TOSHIKO SIMPSON, author of Never Been Better Gloriously original, funny, and frighteningly observant, reading Kate Weinberg’s There’s Nothing Wrong with Her is like reading your brain turned inside out and seeing all the chaos that goes inside, as written by an author with an astuteness and clarity of voice that is captivating and entirely brilliant. I loved it! -- ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS, author of The Three of Us