Meet Me in the In-Between
18 May 2017Synopsis
A Captivating Odyssey Through Love, Family, and Self-Discovery
Driven by curiosity and possibility, writer Bella Pollen has always maintained a double life, navigating between a fierce love of family and the yearning for escape until one day, a strange encounter changes everything . . .
In Meet Me in the In-Between, Pollen embarks on a dazzling and powerful journey to work out who she really is and where she truly belongs. From mafia in-laws to fashion failures to neighbours from hell, her search for answers takes readers on a captivating odyssey through the conflicting desires and roles of women in today's confusing world.
Interwoven with passages of graphic art by award-winning illustrator Kate Boxer, this renegade memoir is a globe-trotting adventure that ultimately brings readers back home again. Pollen's honest and witty narrative, combined with Boxer's striking illustrations, creates a unique reading experience that explores the complexities of family, identity, and belonging in the 21st century.
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18 May 2017
9781509828999Reviews
Bella Pollen creates magicVanity Fair
A writer you need to readA. A. Gill
Pollen captivatingly mixes graphics with prose to tell of her upbringing, swinging back and forth between binaries (transatlantic homes, riches-to-rags love affairs). Think Eat, Pray, Love - finding yourself, laughing, and taking what you need even when it's not what you wanted - only coolerMarie Claire
Frequently disturbing, often very funny. Pollen has a gift for playing with her readers, teasing them, shocking them, having fun with their assumptions before shaking them out of their complacency to reveal underlying and often very moving profundities. The intimacy of Pollen’s prose invites inclusion into the most private conversations she has with herself, her self-mocking humour rippling through . . . unforgettable.Daily Telegraph
