Ananda Rae – author of Gleams
Ananda Rae is a 34 year old writer from the North of England, where she grew up in a small community in Lancashire. She studied English Literature at the University of Leeds and then Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. She wrote the first words of Gleams during a panic attack in 2001. After the main story was written she put it away. Ten years later, Gleams re-emerged as a hyper-real response to irresponsible corporate monopolies, homogenised images of femininity, and some absurd intensities of love, grief and fate.
Gleams
Published: 9th February 2012
Marian just wants her life back. After a car crash in L.A., she’s been suffering from panic attacks – and her glamorous best friend Liza has been left suspended between life and death in the Institute of Immortal Pursuits
Living in London with “wholesome” boyfriend Cliff, Marian spends her days in bed, unable to face leaving the house. She’s certain that there’s a reason she’s not getting better – there’s something wrong, something she can’t fully remember. After an anonymous invitation arrives in her inbox, she travels back to L.A., hoping to find Alex, the man who she met at a party on the night of the crash, hoping he can help her piece things back together. But as she tries to get to the heart of one mystery, more emerge: who is the woman with the missing breast, and why does she have an apartment full of plants? What is Alex’s research all about?
Rae’s gripping, lyrical prose vividly portrays Marian’s state of mind, and weaves together the past and present into a narrative that digs deep into life, death, and what it means to be a friend.
Buying Gleams
You can purchase the ebook Gleams straight from Espresso Books for $4.99. This includes electronic editions of the book in .pdf, .epub and .mobi formats (compatible with all ebook readers). A .pdf file can be read on your computer.
You can also purchase Gleams direct from Amazon if you prefer a Kindle-specific format. (Note, though, that our .mobi files can easily be read on a Kindle.)
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