One of Stylist''s best books to read in the post-#MeToo era

“One of the best books I''ve ever read about female rage and transgression, and the boundaries of both family and art, shot through with gorgeous prose, wrapped in a thrilling plot. What Red Was is at once incredibly timely and one for the ages. An assured and stealthily brilliant debut that people will be talking about for a long time.” —Lisa Gabriele, author of The Winters 

“Gripping… shines an unflinching light on trauma and its prismatic impact. A deeply necessary book, elegant and assured even as it burns at the center with cool, clear-eyed rage.” —Sophie Mackintosh, Man Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Water Cure

“A confident and provocative debut novel […] that will, I suspect, find a wide audience.” —John Boyne, author of The Heart''s Invisible Furies

"Rosie Price has a dazzling gift for rendering the mechanisms of power and privilege viscerally real--whether that power is as concrete as a hand over a face, or more amorphous, subtle, and difficult to name.  With its penetrating insight into the texture of trauma and its enthralling prose, this is a book that succeeds in prying open our cultural moment and laying it bare for scrutiny."—Alexandra Kleeman, author of You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine

“A compelling, compulsive read.”—Lara Williams, author of Supper Club

“An incredibly nuanced exploration of the complexities of sexual violence, What Red Was heralds the arrival of a major new literary talent. This is an important book.” —Louise O’Neill, author of Asking For It

“Subversive and sophisticated . . . an unforgettable read.”—Elle (UK), Books to Look Out for in 2019

"[A] conversation-starting novel about love, violence and toxicity from [a] subversive new voice." —Evening Standard (UK)

"Bringing together themes of survival, agency, complicity, self-denial and, ultimately, courage, this assured book is one of the most powerful debuts you’ll ever read." —Stylist