Ginger and Me
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Wendy is lonely but coping.
All nineteen-year-old Wendy wants is to drive the 255 bus around Uddingston with her regulars on board, remember to buy milk when it runs out and just to be okay. After her mum died, thereâs nobody to remind her to eat and what to do each day.
And Wendy is ready to step out of her comfort zone.
Each week she shows her social worker the progress sheâs made, like the coasters she bought to spruce up the place, even if she forgets to make tea. And she even joins a writersâ group to share the stories she writes, like the one about a bullied boy who goes to Mars.
But everything changes when Wendy meets Ginger.
A teenager with flaming orange hair, Gingerâs so brave sheâs wearing a coat that isnât even waterproof. For the first time, Wendy has a real best friend. But as they begin the summer of their lives, Wendy wonders if things were simpler before. And thatâs before she realizes just how much trouble Ginger is about to get them in...
An unforgettable debut novel from the winner of the Primadonna Prize 2019 which will stay with you long after the last page.
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Your favourite authors love Elissa SoaveâVivid, funny, sad, thought-provoking, acutely observed and full of compassionâ Helen Sedgwick
âA debut novel to treasure, by turns funny, dark and heartbreaking and I didnât want it to end!â Louise Mumford
âA fascinating and poignant take on friendship and obsessionâ Caron McKinlay
âStartling, sly and full of suspense. Not your ordinary coming of age novelâ Catherine Mayer
âFull of charm, insight and wit â with the power to break your heartâ C. E. Riley
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Elissa Soave won the inaugural Primadonna Prize in 2019. She was also a Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect finalist 2019 and has had work published in New Writing Scotland, Gutter, Structo and The Glasgow Review of Books. Sheâs had two short plays performed by the Short Attention Span Theatre Group and has performed at various spoken word events. She currently lives in South Lanarkshire and Ginger and Me is her debut novel.
