A New York Times Editorsâ Choice ⢠âA heartfelt portrait of a complex family.â âPeople ⢠âLaugh-out-loud-funny.â âHarperâs Bazaar ⢠âQuintessential rom-com meets the delicious family sprawl of a Russian classic.â âVanity Fair
An irresistible, âgenerous, [and] tenderâ (The New York Times) international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they navigate queerness, multiracial identity, and family drama, all while flailing their way to loveâfor fans of Schittâs Creek and Sally Rooneyâs Normal People.
Itâs been a year since his ex-boyfriend dumped him and moved from Auckland to Buenos Aires, and Valdin is doing fine. He has a good flat with his sister Greta, a good career where his colleagues only occasionally remind him that he is the sole Maaori person in the office, and a good friend who he only sleeps with when heâs sad. But when work sends him to Argentina and heâs thrown back in his former loverâs orbit, Valdin is forced to confront the feelings heâs been trying to ignoreâand the future he wants.
Greta is not letting her painfully unrequited crush (or her possibly pointless masterâs thesis, or her pathetic academic salary...) get her down. She would love to focus on the charming fellow grad student she meets at a party and her friendships with a circle of similarly floundering twenty-somethings, but her chaotic family life wonât stop intruding: her mother is keeping secrets, her nephew is having a gay crisis, and her brother has suddenly flown to South America without a word.
Filled with âkernels of humor and truthâ (Elle) and with an undeniable emotional momentum that builds to an exuberant conclusion, Greta & Valdin careens us through the siblingsâ misadventures and the messy dramas of their sprawling, eccentric Maaori-Russian-Catalonian family. An acclaimed bestseller in New Zealand, Greta & Valdin is fresh, joyful, and alive with the possibility of love in its many mystifying forms.