All of Us Atoms by Holly Dawson
An urgent and profound excavation of the self, Holly Dawson's All of Us Atoms is a stunning memoir of the moments of becoming that form a life, heralding the arrival of a major new literary voice
[A] playful , tender, form-busting memoir. . There are times when the reader feels almost like an intruder, and yet Dawson's gift for distilling profound feelings allows us to map her experiences on to our own. All of Us Atoms contains multitudes; it's a celebration of the ties that bind us to one another, of the strength of women , and of the power of words to connect us and carry us forwards * * Observer * *
Raw, brave and compelling - the sentences fizz with brilliance and beauty. To read Holly's writing is to live it. She's a genius, an alchemist, an artist-warrior -- HELENA BONHAM-CARTER
[An] intimate, abstract memoir that riffs on human interdependence * * Guardian * *
I loved it. The smarts, lyricisms, surprises and deep humanity of it all -- SUSIE ORBACH
Brilliant, brave, wild and marvellous. Holly Dawson's book embodies a woman's capacity for laughter, tenderness, resilience and maternal love in a way that only the very best writing can do. Even when everything feels like it might be lost, she never extinguishes that glimmer of hope that that will save us all -- JULIET NICOLSON
One of the best evocations of the shifting sands of recollection I've ever read -- CAROLINE SANDERSON
When you read All of Us Atoms, your perception of time will expand, your eyes will brighten and your heart will race with a sense of recognition. This is the portrait of a brilliant brain unravelling and reassembling like an ingenious accordion from another era. Space, sound and perception scatter around the pages like luminous molecules and you'll have fortunate glimpses of a primordial sense of being in the world. I loved being in the atoms of Holly Dawson's world. I never wanted to leave -- CHIARA BARZINI
All of Us Atoms is an extraordinary memoir. A love letter to a life and all the lives within it. Tender, epic, brutal and entirely unexpected. I loved it -- DENISE GOUGH
Raw, brave and compelling - the sentences fizz with brilliance and beauty. To read Holly's writing is to live it. She's a genius, an alchemist, an artist-warrior -- HELENA BONHAM-CARTER
[An] intimate, abstract memoir that riffs on human interdependence * * Guardian * *
I loved it. The smarts, lyricisms, surprises and deep humanity of it all -- SUSIE ORBACH
Brilliant, brave, wild and marvellous. Holly Dawson's book embodies a woman's capacity for laughter, tenderness, resilience and maternal love in a way that only the very best writing can do. Even when everything feels like it might be lost, she never extinguishes that glimmer of hope that that will save us all -- JULIET NICOLSON
One of the best evocations of the shifting sands of recollection I've ever read -- CAROLINE SANDERSON
When you read All of Us Atoms, your perception of time will expand, your eyes will brighten and your heart will race with a sense of recognition. This is the portrait of a brilliant brain unravelling and reassembling like an ingenious accordion from another era. Space, sound and perception scatter around the pages like luminous molecules and you'll have fortunate glimpses of a primordial sense of being in the world. I loved being in the atoms of Holly Dawson's world. I never wanted to leave -- CHIARA BARZINI
All of Us Atoms is an extraordinary memoir. A love letter to a life and all the lives within it. Tender, epic, brutal and entirely unexpected. I loved it -- DENISE GOUGH
Holly Dawson is a writer, editor and teacher. Since 2018, she has been Reader-in-Residence at Charleston, where she gets to indulge her passion for Modernist literature and Virginia Woolf. Her plays, drawing on Bloomsbury diaries and letters, have been performed by actors including Helena Bonham Carter, Miranda Richardson and Jonathan Pryce. Having grown up in Cornwall, she now lives in rural Sussex with far too many hens.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781805301479 |
| ISBN 10 | 1805301470 |
| Title | All of Us Atoms |
| Author | Holly Dawson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2025-05-08 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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