Amber Medland's debut novel is Wild Pets. In the novel, the author writes in the Guardian:Iris – a depressed writer studying in New York – is in two transatlantic relationships, one with her boyfriend, Ezra, who is touring with his band, and one with her best friend, Nance. They email, WhatsApp, Skype, FaceTime, share Spotify playlists, etc. Technology promises a sense of togetherness, but it cannot appease our hunger for physical closeness.At the Guardian Medland recommended ten books about long-distance relationships, including:
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerRead about another entry on the list.
Meet Henry De Tamble, a librarian with a wolfish streak and Clare Abshire, a visual artist. Henry has a genetic disorder thatmeans he’s sucked out of the present and hurled naked through time at random. The novel alternates between their perspectives, so we see how each experiences their love story inflected differently. It is longing accelerated: Henry is always vanishing, and Clare, missing him. But they wring the juice out of each moment they have together. The book is near edible in its descriptions of food, books, punk, sex and the smell of manuscript paper.
The Time Traveler’s Wife is among Fran Wilde’s five books that explore the relationship of time travel & portal narrative and Jenny Colgan's six best books.
--Marshal Zeringue
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