Delirium

By LAUREN OLIVER

RRP: $34.99, Hodder & Stoughton

If you were told love was a disease, would you take the cure?

Lauren Haloway lives in Portland, Maine with her aunt following her mother’s suicide. She lives in a dystopian American where love (amor Deliria nervosa) has been declared a disease, scientists have found a way to eradicate love , and the government demands all citizens receive the ‘cure’ around their eighteen birthday. Failure to be cured means exile.  Lena has always looked forward to the day when she'll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy. But then, with only ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable...

Lauren Oliver's groundbreaking and emotionally wrenching storytelling will resonate with readers young and old. Her powerful second novel is a stunning tale of star-crossed romance, set in a world where love is forbidden.

New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver was previously an editorial assistant at a New York publishing house. A graduate of the University of Chicago and the MFA program at New York University, she is now a full-time writer. Delirium is her second novel.

Already a staff favourite, Delirium, is creating a stir in the international publishing world with its high-concept plot and accessible writing.
 

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