Author(s): Patricia Lockwood

Fiction

A woman known for her viral social media posts travels the world speaking to her adoring fans, her entire existence overwhelmed by the internet or what she terms 'the portal'. Are we in hell? the people of the portal ask themselves. Are we all just going to keep doing this until we die? Suddenly, two texts from her mother pierce the fray- 'Something has gone wrong,' and 'How soon can you get here?' As real life and its stakes collide with the increasing absurdity of the portal, the woman confronts a world that seems to contain both an abundance of proof that there is goodness, empathy and justice in the universe, and a deluge of evidence to the contrary. Irreverent and sincere, poignant and delightfully profane, No One Is Talking About This is at once a love letter to the infinite scroll and a meditation on love, language and human connection from one of the most original voices of our time.

CONSTANT READER STAFF REVIEW: SOPHIE

This is a book that you will either love or hate. Whichever one it is, YOU WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

Here are a list of reasons why I loved it:

Highly recommended for anyone worried/fascinated/thrilled by the effects of the internet on the human psyche. If you liked Weather by Jenny Offill or Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror, then this one will be right up your alley.