Clean Houses

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'Reflects on what we truly think (but almost never say) about domestic labour' Vogue
'A witty and unflinchingly honest novel on domestic work, motherhood, and class. Painfully relatable and enjoyable to read' Roxy Dunn, author of As Young as This
'Makes you laugh and feel uncomfortable in equal measure' Telva

Told with razor-sharp wit and an unfiltered, hypnotic voice, Clean Houses follows Sol, a progressive young woman obsessed with cleanliness who, upon becoming pregnant, hires two housekeepers to help her at home. Although having cleaners should, in theory, make Sol's life easier, it instead becomes a source of inner turmoil: she needs them, yet she wishes they didn't exist.

Morally compelled to justify her privilege, Sol searches for a more 'respectable' and creative job - one just as precarious as those of her girls. However, in a twist of irony, she finds herself secretly enjoying the cleaning jobs she takes on the side - and excelling at them . . .

The uncomfortable realism of Lucia Berlin meets the sharp social satire of My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Clean Houses is a brilliantly outrageous take on the contradictions of modern feminism, class awareness and the social choreography of domestic labour.

'Peers into what almost no one wants to see, portraying with perverse humour what nobody wants to do' El Periódico

'Portrays, with corrosive humour and sharp social critique, the invisible work of those who clean and care in our homes' Informativos TVE

'An uncomfortable novel - but in the best sense of the word. It forces the reader to look into a mirror they'd rather avoid' La Voz de Galicia

'Suffused with sharpness and a dose of humour . . . Like a sociological study in a literary key; a lens that focuses on the contradictions of being a woman' Euronews

'A fresh, refreshingly honest voice that drew several wicked laughs from me'Julia Viejo