Saving Grace

By (author) Grace Wilson; By (author) Wilson Grace
Short description/annotation
Saving Grace is the story of four twenty-something girls - Grace, Shelly, Sarah and Hela - who live in a ramshackle house in East London ... until their landlord tells them he''s selling up and they''ve got seven weeks to leave. The others are OK, but will Grace find love, a job that isn''t crap, and a flat that she can bear to live in?
Description

''The funniest and most perspicacious memoir I’ve read this year… A brilliant commentary on the housing crisis…. It’s hilarious, not only about rapacious landlords and their creepy ways, but about friendship, work, holidays and sex, too.''
Rachel Cooke, Observer

An Observer Book of the Year

Saving Grace is the story of four twenty-somethings – Grace, Vicky, Jess and Maxine – who live in a ramshackle house in a rapidly gentrifying East London…until the landlord announces he’s selling up and they’ve got four weeks to leave. New plans form effortlessly for the others, but the odds feel stacked against Grace as she struggles to find self-fulfilment, a half decent job or even a roof over her head.

Review quote
The funniest and most perspicacious memoir I’ve read this year… A brilliant commentary on the housing crisis…. It’s hilarious, not only about rapacious landlords and their creepy ways, but about friendship, work, holidays and sex, too.
Review quote
I was seduced by Grace Wilson’s visuals from the first juicy page; highly saturated watercolour textures playfully dancing within the tight yet fluid linework. Saving Grace is a beautiful book… I found it increasingly funny and addictive. It’s nice to read a comic that feels so utterly current.
Biographical note
Grace Wilson was born in 1986 and grew up in Edinburgh. She studied ceramics at Central Saint Martins and then moved to Stockholm to pursue an MFA in storytelling at Konstfack University of Art and Design. She currently lives in London.
Promotional headline
''The funniest and most perspicacious memoir I''ve read this year... A brilliant commentary on the housing crisis.... It''s hilarious, not only about rapacious landlords and their creepy ways, but about friendship, work, holidays and sex, too.'' Rachel Cooke, Observer An Observer Book of the Year