Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 – VOGUE, BuzzFeed, LitHub”A bold, promising debut.” MARY GAITSKILL *** “Thoughtful, savage” RAVEN LEILANI *** “Radical, daring and bracing” SHEILA HETIA provocative debut exploring sex and sexuality as a twentysomething New Yorker pursues a sexual freedom that follows no lines other than her own desireIf sex is a truth-teller, Eve-a young, queer woman in Brooklyn-is looking for answers. On an evening when she is feeling particularly impulsive, she posts some nude photos of herself online. This is how Eve meets Olivia, and through Olivia, the charismatic Nathan-and soon the three begin a relationship that disturbs Eve as much as it delights her. As each act of the affair unfolds, Eve is left to ask: to whom is she responsible? And to what extent do our desires determine who we are?In the way that only great fiction can, Acts of Service takes between its teeth the contradictions written all over our ideas of sex and sexua