Green Dot

Hera is in her mid-twenties, which seems young to everyone except people in their mid-twenties.

Since leaving school, she has been trying to kick and scream into existence a life she cares about, but with little success so far.

Until she meets Arthur.

He works with her, he is older than her, he is also married. But in her soulless office - the large cold room she feels destined to spend her life in - he is a source of much-needed sustenance.

And though Hera has previously dated women, she soon falls headlong into a workplace romance that will quickly consume her life.

Laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving and whip smart, Green Dot is a story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises nothing and the winding, torturous, often hilarious journey we take in deciding who we are and who we want to be.

 

Review

Wildly funny... Fans of Fleabag will adore Green Dot. -- Sarra Manning ― RED MAGAZINE

Darkly funny... Gray's writing is witty and sharp and 24-year-old Hera is a character you'll root for. -- Jo Finney ― GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

Funny, whip-smart, and unbearably realistic, Gray nails the angst of being young, directionless, and desperate for an emotional anchor. You'll tear through the pages, judging Hera's decisions, and wi11ing her to recognise her value, before realising you've had green dot moments of your own. Genius. -- Kay Ribeiro ― HEAT MAGAZINE, Book of the Week

Full of sharply penned scenes that fans of Fleabag will love... In Green Dot there are no outright villains, nor is anyone 100% angelic - and it's that skill in layered characterisation that will have you riveted until the final page. -- Amanda Willard ― PRESS ASSOCIATION

An acutely witty debut... Green Dot's potency lies in its narrator's distinctive voice, ruthless self-scrutiny and droll observations on the absurdities of young adult life... Gray brilliantly satirises the indignities of office life on the bottom rung... Although ironic and flippant, Green Dot avoids nihilism, and is ultimately about the search for meaning through love. -- Madeleine Feeny ― GUARDIAN

If you're a fan of Fleabag you will love this. ― COSMOPOLITAN

One of the must-reads of 2024... swaggering, laugh-out-loud and moving -- Francesca Brown ― STYLIST MAGAZINE

A sure-fire bestseller... deeply moving but hilarious. ― HELLO! MAGAZINE

Gray paints Hera with strokes of authenticity that make it almost impossible not to connect with her. She captures that tricky period between university and the start of grown-up life perfectly... I inhaled this book in one weekend. -- Lorraine Courtney ― SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

Green Dot is an irresistible story about the skin-crawlingly bad decisions many of us make in the name of love. Scorchingly smart and readable. -- Edel Coffey ― IRISH TIMES THE GLOSS MAGAZINE

About the Author

Madeleine Gray is a writer and critic from Sydney. She was a 2021 Finalist for the Walkley Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism, and has written for such publications as Overland, Meanjin, The Monthly, Sydney Review of Books, Australian Book Review, and the Times Literary Supplement. She also has a British connection, in that she has an MSt in English Literature from the University of Oxford and is a current doctoral candidate at the University of Manchester.