In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl

By Rachel Trezise

Debut novel from Rachel Trezise, winner of the Orange Futures Prize and the Dylan Thomas Prize. The story of a brutal childhood in the Welsh Valleys.

Rebecca is trying to grow up fast but the whole world’s against her. She falls in love, gets drunk and takes drugs. There are things she needs to forget. But when writing and books take hold of her life she starts to come up from the bottom.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Parthian Books
• Release date: Jun 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9781912109036

Rachel Trezise

Rachel Trezise was born in the Rhondda Valley. She studied at Glamorgan and Limerick Universities. Her first novel In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl was a winner of the Orange Futures Prize. Her collection of short fiction Fresh Apples won the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her rock travelogue Dial M for Merthyr was published in 2007. Her work has been translated into several languages and her drama has been performed on stage. Her first radio play was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.

Reviews for In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl

[shanaqui_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl is autobiographical and horrific, and felt quite realistic and vivid, but I'm not sure it was a good idea for me to read it, and I'm not sure I could ever say I enjoyed it. It's about rape and abuse and drug-taking and suicide and self-harm. Suddenly, at the end, the protagonist's grandmother's death and writing save her. It didn't work for me, at that point, and the rest of it wasn't -- to me -- enjoyable.