{"id":128234,"date":"2020-08-03T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=128234"},"modified":"2020-08-03T14:34:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T03:34:38","slug":"review-kokomo-by-victoria-hannan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/review-kokomo-by-victoria-hannan\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Kokomo by Victoria Hannan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Kokomo<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been months since I first read an early copy of Kokomo<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and yet this tender and provoking story is still bouncing around in my brain. Victoria Hannan\u2019s VPLA-winning debut is the must-read new novel of this winter. It\u2019s one of my favourite books of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n

\"Victoria<\/a>

Victoria Hannan<\/p><\/div>\n

Mina has left her life in Melbourne behind for London, where she goes unloved by the man she admires and unrecognised working in an elitist and indifferent creative industry. A phone call sends her racing home – her agoraphobic mother has been seen outside her house for the first time in twelve years. The sudden family reunion is not a pleasant one. Her mother evades her questions, forcing Mina to face the past she ran away from and piece together the truth behind everything.<\/p>\n\n\n

I love Kokomo<\/em> for all sorts of reasons that are hard to wrap up in a short review. This book subverts your expectations right from the very first page. It\u2019s effortlessly hilarious just when you need it to be. Hannan, in fresh, unpretentious prose, showcases a frankness and tenderness when dealing with her characters, who are fully realised and feel instantly familiar. Kokomo<\/em> also shifts effectively in time and place to give readers an intimate understanding not just of a daughter and her mother, but of two families and how they interrelate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of all, I adore this book’s grip on the disappointments, the longings and the deep loves that permeate our lives. There\u2019s just so much to connect with in Kokomo<\/em>. Read it and you\u2019ll see how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—Kokomo<\/a><\/em> by Victoria Hannan (Hachette Australia Books) is out now.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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