Better by Far A Novel
Better by Far, a novel by Hazel Hayes, is set to be published by Penguin on April 23, 2024. This 320-page book explores themes of love, loss, and the healing found in life’s transitional moments. The narrative follows Kate and Finn, who, after a breakup, decide to share their home until their lease expires, navigating the complexities of their relationship while living in the same space but never at the same time.
Readers will encounter a genre-bending story that delves into the emotional landscape of grief and the challenges of moving on. As Kate grapples with her past and the lingering presence of Finn, the novel examines the delicate balance between holding on and letting go. With its focus on psychological and literary elements, Better by Far invites readers to reflect on the in-between spaces of life where transformation occurs.
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A genre-bending story about love and loss, hope and heartbreak, and the healing to be found in life’s little limbos, those in-between spaces where you’re no longer who you were and not yet the person you will be
About her debut, Out of Love, Hazel Hayes said, “The journey from writing horror to writing love stories was a short one. There is nothing more horrific than love.” In her new novel, she sets out to prove it.
This genre-defying, meta-modern novel is unlike anything you have ever read, and yet at its core it is a story we all deeply understand. A story of love and liminality, and the ways in which grief grips us all. Prepare to laugh and cry; Hazel Hayes will break your heart, but then she’ll mend it for you.
Following a breakup, Kate and Finn decide to keep sharing their house until the lease runs out in twelve weeks’ time, alternating week by week so that they are occupying the same space but never at the same time.
Practically, the plan makes sense, but coming back each Sunday to a home where Finn has been and gone feels far too much like living with a ghost. Kate lost her mother at a young age and now this fresh grief dredges unhealed sorrows up to the surface, and soon, Kate finds herself adrift in her own subconscious, trapped in the liminal space between loving someone and letting go.
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