Grenade

Why it is on our radar

Mellors compresses questions of motherhood, ambition and freedom into a brief Paris visit. Readers of Blue Sisters and Cleopatra and Frankenstein can follow another story of intimacy under pressure.

About the book

Filmmaker Zuzu arrives in Paris for a premiere with three days before returning to Los Angeles and another attempt to have a child. Friends, an ex-girlfriend and the possibilities of the city unsettle the future she and her husband have planned.