Valdin is still in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who used to drive around Auckland in a ute but now drives around Buenos Aires. Greta is in love with her fellow English tutor Holly, who doesn't know how to pronounce Greta's surname, Vladisavljevic, properly.

This novel will have readers laughing at the daily trials of these two Maori-Russian-Catalonian siblings as they navigate heartbreak, OCD, family secrets and life in Auckland.

Ockham Book Awards 2022 finalist - Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction