Transatlantic is excited to share two International Deals!
Ukrainian language rights to Laura Tamblyn Watt’s LET’S TALK ABOUT AGING PARENTS has been sold to Nash Format Publisher, as well as French language rights to Groupe Homme.
Arabic rights to Iain Reid’s WE SPREAD have been sold to Page Seven Publishing.
Deals by Samantha Haywood.
About the books:
LET’S TALK ABOUT AGING PARENTS by Laura Tamblyn Watt
Age-proofing an older relative’s living space, figuring out powers of attorney, spotting and dealing with signs of dementia, asking them to give up the car keys or consider assisted living . . . the first step toward tackling these concerns and more is an honest, informed discussion.
Here are prompts and road maps for twenty-seven essential conversations—with your parent, other family members, and health care providers—including:
Does my parent need help around the house?
What kind of medical issues should we look out for?
Do I really need to help my parents if they’re toxic?
How can my family share the caregiving load?
How to approach these topics is just as important as what needs to be said, so each chapter has tips for navigating complex emotions and finding shared ground when everyone has different ideas. You’ll get informed, have a productive discussion, and make a plan—so you can get back to making the most of your time with your parent.
WE SPREAD by Iain Reid
The author of the “evocative, spine-tingling, and razor-sharp” (Bustle) I’m Thinking of Ending Things that inspired the Netflix original movie and the “short, shocking” (The Guardian) Foe returns with a new work of suspense following an elderly woman trapped in a mysterious facility.
Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many “incidents.”
Initially, surrounded by peers, conversing, eating, sleeping, looking out at the beautiful woods that surround the house, all is well. She even begins to paint again. But as the days start to blur together, Penny—with a growing sense of unrest and distrust—starts to lose her grip on the passage of time and on her place in the world. Is she succumbing to the subtly destructive effects of aging or is she an unknowing participant in something more unsettling?
At once compassionate and uncanny, told in spare, hypnotic prose, Iain Reid’s “exquisite novel of psychological suspense” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) explores questions of conformity, art, productivity, relationships, and what, ultimately, it means to grow old.
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