'A fresh, tender, and resonant bildungsroman' R. O. Kwon, author of Exhibit 'Playful and witty, What A Time To Be Alive is a charming meditation on coming-of-age, privilege, and grief' Cecile Pin, author of Wandering Souls 'A dark coming-of-age story set in Stockholm [with] a really light touch that makes it really beautiful' Natasha Brown, author of Universality 'Jenny Mustard writes with honesty and wit about the strange, mundane, and wondrous aspects of youth' Aysegül Savas, author of The Anthropologists 'A beautifully plangent coming-of-age novel . . . will go straight to your heart' Lucy Caldwell, author of These Days 'A timeless writer . . . reminiscent of the power and grace of writers like Rachel Cusk and Raven Leilani' Molly Aitken, author of Bright I Burn Some people move to the big city hoping to find themselves - Sickan Hermansson isn't leaving it up to chance. Twenty-one, friendless, without money but not without hope, Sickan's arrival at Stockholm University represents a
