What Red Was

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'Kate Quaile,? he said. 'I like your name.?Kate frowned. 'How do you know my name?? Through their four years at university, Kate and Max are inseparable. For him, she breaks her solitude; for her, he leaves his busy circles behind. But loving Max means knowing his family, the wealthy Rippons, all generosity, social ease and quiet repression. Theirs is not Kate?s world. At their London home, just after graduation, her life is shattered apart in a bedroom while a party goes on downstairs. WHAT RED WAS is a startling debut novel. It explores the effects of trauma on mind and body, the tyrannies of memory, the sacrifices involved in staying silent, the courage of a young woman in speaking out. And when Kate does, this question- whose story is it now?'Kate Quaile,? he said. 'I like your name.?Kate frowned. 'How do you know my name?? Through their four years at university, Kate and Max are inseparable. For him, she breaks her solitude; for her, he leaves his busy circles behind. But loving Max means knowing his family, the wealthy Rippons, all generosity, social ease and quiet repression. Theirs is not Kate?s world. At their London home, just after graduation, her life is shattered apart in a bedroom while a party goes on downstairs. WHAT RED WAS is a startling debut novel. It explores the effects of trauma on mind and body, the tyrannies of memory, the sacrifices involved in staying silent, the courage of a young woman in speaking out. And when Kate does, this question- whose story is it now?
Rosie Price is 26 years old and grew up in Gloucestershire where WHAT RED WAS is partly set. After reading English at Cambridge she worked as an assistant at a literary agency before leaving to focus on her own writing. Rosie currently lives in London.