- Published: 15 March 2009
- ISBN: 9780099516163
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $29.99
Out of Breath
- Published: 15 March 2009
- ISBN: 9780099516163
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $29.99
A sweetly corrupt exploration of the childhood fantasy of running away... Myerson is a beautiful conjurer of subtly disturbing atmospheres...haunting
Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph
A mythical rite-of-passage novel... mysterious and multi-layered
Independent
Compulsively readable and richly inventive... bittersweet, authentic and loveable
Guardian
A truly original read, transcending many of the usual boundaries found in fiction
Scotland on Sunday
Its playful, imaginative charge is constantly undercut by the subcutaneous presence of psychological damage and the darkness that emerges as innocence gives way to experience
Metro
A weird, beautiful scary slice of British magic realism
Herald
Myerson is a master of suggestion and builds up the suspense layer by layer
Irish Times
A beguiling story
Independent on Sunday
Myerson is a surefooted guide along the wobbly line that separates the real from the surreal ... Myerson captures [adolescence] beautifully in Flynn's compelling voice. The opening of the novel is crisp and immediate, the prose simple and direct ...More than just a coming-of-age story, Out of Breath is a timely reminder about the importance of not growing up too quickly
New Statesman
Fans of Julie Myerson will adore this, the latest edition to Myerson's very own sub-genre within the broader class of 'novels of the uncanny'
Financial Times
A brilliant, deeply unsettling thriller which promises to be among the best reads of this year
Daily Mail
A sinister, beguiling tale that brilliantly evokes a childhood world
Woman and Home
Brilliant and nightmarish, this modern fairytale is beautifully written
Eve Magazine