Jumping the Green - Tapa blanda

Schwartz's portrait of grief is emotive and dangerously decadent...outstanding. * * The Times * * Schwartz demonstrates how a character study can prove highly compelling when the author's imagination is sufficiently vivid. Her depiction of middle-class life is simultaneously witty and harrowing. A superbly written debut. * * Time Out * * It's evident this won't be the last time we hear from her and Jumping the Green represents a confident debut. * * Sunday Herald * * From the muted suburb-scapes of Louise's childhood to the hip bars, apartments and studios of the city, Schwartz has a gift for evocative description, but it is the emotional details which hit hardest here. * * Big Issue in the North * *

Sex and love, violence and death, become inextricably entwined in this compelling tale of a young woman's grief over her sister's unsolved murder. Louise Goldblum is the new 'it' girl on the San Francisco art scene and seems on the cusp of national stardom. Then her sister's body is found in a motel room - naked and with a bullet through her head. Devastated by this loss, Louise plunges into a dangerous, psycho-sexual affair with photographer Zeke, and pushes herself perilously close to following her sister's fate. Acutely perceptive and daringly lyrical, Jumping the Green marks the debut of a breathtaking new literary voice.