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Bookseller Crow (signed copy) Gays The Word (signed copy) Bookshop.org Foyles Waterstones Amazon Reviews Lifting Off: A Life in Freefall "After losing her way as an aspiring artist in her 20s, McLeod became a long-haul flight attendant. It was an existence in which the exotic intensity of far-flung destinations was heightened by the job’s party culture and shot circadian rhythms – at least initially. But having recently come out as a lesbian, she was advised to keep quiet about her sexuality, despite the acceptance of gay male cabin crew. Add to that her thwarted artistic yearnings and she seemed set to crash and burn – until love and Alan Bennett helped her find her way home. Atmospheric and idiosyncratic, this is a memoir that entertains and emboldens." The Observer - June 2024 "Lifting Off is an entertaining read... She may have come to loathe being a stewardess, but she can't help but make it sound like rather good fun." Mail on Sunday - June 2024 Told with the wit and verve that characterised her debut novel, In Search of the Missing Eyelash, Karen McLeod’s new memoir Lifting Off, about flying as cabin crew offers a fascinating insight into the profound impact of long-haul life. Having come out as a lesbian she is forced to go back in as colleagues advise her that it is not ok to be gay, unlike male cabin crew. Brimming with vertiginous loops and extreme globe-trotting, against a backdrop of exotic locations, hotel bars and nightclubs, Karen slowly unravels as the inability to truly be herself reverberates. This is the story of how Karen finally came into land. How she learned to look after herself and discovered her real self. Published by Muswell Press. |
Order here (reissued 06 June 2024) Bookseller Crow (signed copy) Gays The Word Bookshop.org WHSmith Amazon First published in 2007 by Jonathan Cape, Random House, this Betty Trask Award winning novel is a humorous LGBTQ+ coming of age story and is now available again published by Muswell Press. Lizzie is lonely. Her parents have gone and her brother, Simon/Amanda has is missing. Most of all, though, Lizzie misses Sally, her former lover, who has gone off with a man with a fat neck. Lizzie starts to stalk Sally, collecting bathroom fluff, dust and pubes from Sally’s bed – all the things that prove that somewhere life is taking place without her. This is a novel about home, and how we find it and what happens when we don't know what it is. "A marvellous debut: quirky, honest, funny and sad. I loved it." - Sarah Waters "Sensitive, ferocious and very funny." - Helen Oyeyemi, New Statesman More details, reviews and publications of In Search of the Missing Eyelash |
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Muswell Press Bookseller Crow Foyles Waterstones Bookshop.org Karen has contributed to 'Queer Life, Queer Love 2 The Second Anthology' by Julia Bell and Matt Bates. This sparkling collection features voices across all narrative forms with 44 stories, poems, essays, and flash-fiction, capturing the very best of international queer writing today. This is writing that explores characters, stories, and experiences beyond the mainstream; works that celebrate the fascinating, the forbidden, the subversive, and even the mundane, but, in essence, works that express the view from outside. Humorous, serious, autobiographical, and revelatory – all aspects of the queer experience are reflected in this dazzling collection. Published by Muswell Press |