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Title details for Trust and Safety by Laura Blackett - Available

Trust and Safety

A Novel

by Laura Blackett
Eve Gleichman
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“Distressingly smart, wickedly sly, and side-clutchingly hilarious.”
—Vanessa Chan, author of The Storm We Made

“If you want a book that perfectly evokes millennial sexual politics under late-stage capitalism, and in which all of us—gay, straight, cis, and trans alike—are read for absolute filth, then look no further than Trust and Safety.”
—Rafael Frumkin, author of Confidence and Bugsy
A wry yet tenderhearted novel about a couple who attempt to buy their way into a “wild and precious” existence in the Hudson Valley, where they quickly become entangled with a queer couple living the dream analog life

Newlywed Rosie has grown disenchanted with NYC. Inspired by Instagram ads, she starts thirsting for a rural life upstate—one full of beauty and authenticity. She just needs to convince her tech-bro husband, Jordan, of her vision for the future. Willing to do anything for Rosie’s happiness, Jordan signs on, and they offer—well above asking price—on a beautiful, historic fixer-upper in the Hudson Valley.
 
But when Jordan suddenly loses his job, the couple is forced to rent out the property’s dilapidated outbuilding. There’s no heat, it’s overrun with mold, and nothing works. 
Enter Dylan and Lark: an incredibly attractive and handy queer couple who offer to rent the outbuilding and help Rosie and Jordan with repairs. They also happen to be living the life Rosie had envisioned for herself: hand-built furniture, herbal tinctures, guinea hens, and hand-dyed linens. Rosie grows increasingly infatuated with their new tenants, especially with model-esque, charismatic Dylan—to Jordan’s increasing distress.
 
Whip-smart and wickedly funny, Trust and Safety examines questions of authenticity, betrayal, belonging, and entitlement, while poking fun at contemporary fear of the “gay agenda.”

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  • Release date

    May 21, 2024

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593827574
      • File size: 297734 KB
      • Duration: 10:20:16

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 18, 2024
      Gleichman and Blackett (The Very Nice Box) satirize homophobia in their clever latest. When Rosie, 30, marries handsome tech lawyer Jordan Prawn, she hopes the partnership will bring her stability. Instead, she grows disillusioned with New York City and her job as a canvasser for an LGBTQ advocacy group. While browsing Zillow, she imagines a new life and convinces Jordan to put an offer on her dream house in Upstate New York. Jordan empties his savings to close the deal, then loses his job at a start-up after its personal assistant device courts controversy when it calls a straight user a “hot dyke,” and the company tanks. They rent out their shed to Dylan and Lark, two attractive women who belong to a queer polycule. Rosie becomes fascinated with the new tenants, who enthusiastically help her and Jordan with renovation projects and lead an appealingly unplugged lifestyle (Dylan uses a flip phone and builds furniture by hand). As Rosie’s desire for Dylan grows, she begins questioning her life’s choices. Blackett and Gleichman expertly build suspense following a bombshell revelation about Dylan’s true nature, and Jordan and his business partner’s attempts to consult with Dylan and Lark for a new family planning app are irresistibly cringeworthy. This intrigues and unsettles in equal measure. Agent: Faye Bender, Book Group.

    • Library Journal

      August 1, 2024

      Newlywed Rosie is disenchanted with her life in New York City. Inspired by her hours of scrolling Instagram, she convinces her tech-bro husband, Jordan, to purchase a dilapidated house in upstate New York for well above the asking price. But when Jordan suddenly loses his job, they must rent out an outbuilding of the house, which needs all kinds of work. That's when they meet Dylan and Lark, a queer couple who agree to rent the outbuilding and fix it up. It turns out that they are living the life Rosie always dreamed of. As Rosie's infatuation with the couple grows, she begins to see her own life in a new light. Blackett and Gleichman (coauthors of The Very Nice Box) once again join forces to write a bold and satirical novel about modern living. Mia Hutchinson-Shaw shines as the audiobook's narrator, inserting sarcasm and humor where needed as she outlines the novel's message about authenticity vs. the desire for a picture-perfect life. Listeners will laugh out loud but may also find themselves pondering the real effects of social media. VERDICT A clever yet thoughtful look at the insidious power of social media and consumerism.--Elyssa Everling

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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