Books by Vendela Vida

Written in the key of Greta Gerwig's Ladybird, We Run the Tides unravels the tense friendships of a tight-knit group of self-obsessed teenage girls, who, through a small misunderstanding, are forced to confront the secrets they keep and the lies they tell...

A gun is pointed at 21-year-old Ellis as she walks through a New York park. But when Ellis accompanies her mother, a nurse, on a mission in the Philippines, she finds the life - even if held up - cannot be held back, and neither, finally, can she.

'I missed a train stop twice on the same journey while reading it. That's how distractingly good it is.' Viv Groskop, Independent on SundayFrom 'the hottest young writer in US fiction' (Guardian) comes the perfect summer read.

'Part glamorous travelogue, part slow-burn mystery, this full-bodied tale of a runaway is at once formally inventive and heartbreakingly familiar... (It's also insanely funny.)' Lena Dunham

'The hottest young writer in US fiction' -- Guardian