Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer Groundswell Speaker 2024 Frances has always been a

Frances has always been a study machine with one goal

and watching a summertime opera from the towering ruins of Terme di Caracalla

with wildly popular restaurants in London

her final challenge to him was to find 'a pocketful of happiness in every day'

Bridget von Ascheberg

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer Groundswell Speaker 2024 Frances has always been aWinner of the Desmond Elliott Prize Shortlisted: Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Goldsmiths Prize Betty Trask Prize Longlisted: Booker Prize Dylan Thomas Prize Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is a story of coming of age at the end of a life. Utterly heart breaking yet darkly funny, Maddie Mortimers debut is a symphonic journey through one womans body: a celebration of desire, forgiveness, and the darkness within us all. Original, memorable,