Misrecognition

Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Misrecognition by Madison Newbound is a novel for the internet age, exploring one woman's trial to grapple with uncomfortable truths, guilt and grief in the aftermath of a breakup.

 What We Say: “A sharp and funny debut novel about the internet, post-postmodern adulthood, and queer identity. Elsa is struggling. Her formative, exhilarating relationship – with a couple – has abruptly ended, leaving her depressed and directionless in her childhood bedroom. In the relationship’s wake, Elsa is forced to grapple with her sexuality, the uncomfortable truths about the dramatic end of her last relationship, and the patterns that may be playing out once again” – Maria Padget

What They Say: “Sleek and sexy, assured yet searching, Misrecognition so perfectly captures the highs and lows of intimacy in the digital age, the loneliness of always being connected but also the soul-rearranging elation of finding someone who shows you to yourself” – Michelle Hart

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Maria Padget is Service95 Book Club Director