Author:Gemma Weekes
A first love shouldn't bloom so fierce, you know? It shouldn't be like a fist forever clutched around the heart muscle... I didn't realise how bad I had it until he reappeared...
Singer-poet Gemma Weekes turns to prose with this dazzling first novel about love, set between London and New York one hot, sticky summer. Eden is locked in a state of mid-twenties adolescence - directionless, insecure and hopelessly obsessed with her first love. When Zed, the object of her affection, swoops into town, 'flash in every line of his body', spitting gangster rap and the most beautiful boy she's ever seen, she knows she must have him back. Paralysed by lust, Eden hangs out at Zed's gigs, squeezes into mini dresses and drops as many hints as a girl can without losing her dignity, but with no result. Zed's more interested in Max - a blonde with perfect bone structure and as white as toothpaste. But is Max the real reason these two can't get it together? As the story unfolds, glimpses of their St Lucian relatives and parents reveal that Eden and Zed have some serious history they need to face if they're ever to understand what real love is.
Gemma Weekes has a way with language that puts all the music, sweat, colour and raw emotion of a city night directly on to the page. Her dialogue fizzes with the spoken word, her character are intensely real. From Eden's Bible-bashing father to her mystical Aunt K and her rocker boyfriend Spanish, who smoulders with Black Pride, from Hackney to Brooklyn, Weekes brings to life a world of cross-cultural relationships, passion and pain that zings with life and reveals her to be a major new talent.
Gemma Weekes is a name to watch. Written in a zingy, street-smart prose, Love Me is a bitter-sweet coming-of-age fable that crackles with reflections on race, migration and music. ... Belongs to an exciting, hip-hop savvy, cross-cultural genre of British fiction
—— Ian Thomson , IndependentSinger-poet Weekes's fresh, tough take on modern love hits you where you feel it most
—— Melissa Katsoulis , Sunday TelegraphSinger and poet Gemma Weekes's first foray into fiction is a delight. With the time-worn coming-of-age love story turned into a fresh, alluring read... Striking characters, spot-on scene setting and fast, flirty language make for a shimmering debut.
—— Catherine Taylor , GuardianHeartfelt story about love in a hectic city
—— Pride MagazineDo not let the fact that a bright, young, female musician/poet is 'transitioning' into writing prose fool you into thinking this will be anything short of beautiful; anything other than potent, for this is anything but chick lit...Weekes magics up every sight, sound, smell, touch and even taste in her own unique way
—— FelixEpic... a compelling tale well told... an important story to tell, one that gives a sense of individuality to people who might otherwise be drowned out in the tragic chorus of history
—— The Times Literary Supplement[Hill] has an easy style and a fine sense of pace that make this a gripping, if horrifying story
—— Financial TimesWonderfully written... populated by vivid characters and rendered in fascinating detail
—— The New York TimesLawrence Hill's hugely impressive historical work is completely engrossing and deserves a wide, international readership
—— Washington PostA powerful indictment of the way in which so many innocent victims were robbed of everything dear to them
—— Yorkshire Evening PostAn unforgettably vivid picture of the Atlantic slave trade... a remarkable achievement, which deservedly won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize
—— SpectatorA masterpiece, daring and impressive in its geographic, historical and human reach, convincing in its narrative art and detail
—— The Globe and MailAminata is a heroic figure... you can never forget this character. She embeds herself in your heart
—— Toronto Star
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