Greta & Valdin: A Novel
Written by Rebecca K Reilly
Narrated by Natalie Beran, Jackson Bliss, Eilidh Beaton and
4/5
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About this audiobook
For fans of Schitt’s Creek and Sally Rooney’s Normal People, an irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they navigate queerness, multiracial identity, and the dramas big and small of their entangled, unconventional family, all while flailing their way to love.
It’s 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 he’s sad. But when work sends him to Argentina and he’s thrown back in his former lover’s orbit, Valdin is forced to confront the feelings he’s been trying to ignore—and the future he wants.
Greta is not letting her painfully unrequited crush (or her possibly pointless master’s 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 won’t 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.
Sharp, hilarious, and with an undeniable emotional momentum that builds to an exuberant conclusion, Greta & Valdin careens us through the siblings’ 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.
Editor's Note
Comedy of errors…
Greta and Valdin — queer siblings and flatmates in Auckland — grapple with relationship and career woes, made all the more messy by their Russian-Māori family’s antics. A comedy of errors infused with the familiar hallmarks of 20-something life, Greta & Valdin is equal parts hilarious, moving, and relatable.
Rebecca K Reilly
Rebecca K Reilly (Ngaati Hine, Ngaati Rehua Ngaatiwai ki Aotea), born 1991, is a Maaori novelist from Waitaakere, New Zealand. She has a BA (hons) in German and European studies from the University of Auckland and an MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington, where she won the Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing for 2019.
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Reviews for Greta & Valdin
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It was funny and cute and sad. But I liked valdin parts better than his sisters. It’s not much of a plot but more of vibes to me!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The family interactions were interesting. Dialog was crisp and engaging. Had some difficulty understanding the reader’s accent, but it was appropriate for the book.