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Filled with lyrical turns of phrase, this insightful take on living solo will appeal to poets, dreamers and anyone marching to the beat of their own drum. It's a lush and moving memoir. ― Publishers Weekly, *Starred Review*
Deeply moving... A study of love - platonic and romantic, lost and found - Amy's memoir demonstrates the power of music on forming a self. ― i-D, Books to be Excited for in 2023
‘A beautiful, painful, liberating book. Amy Key writes with such tenderness and insight about a life without romantic love at its centre, exacting as to its impoverishments, exultant over its many and unexpected riches’ Olivia Laing
‘In Arrangements in Blue Amy Key finds a language, searing in its depth and honesty, for desire, shame, grief and, crucially, for compassion, for the peace that comes of holding on and letting go in the same instant.’ Kayo Chingonyi, author of A Blood Condition
‘From grief to anger to full-throttled joy, Amy Key hits every note of feeling with perfect pitch. Arrangements in Blue grows out of a poet's obsession with Joni Mitchell's iconic album, but at its heart this book is a brave and brilliant exploration of how one woman lives both alone and alongside romance. An absolutely gorgeous work’ Heather Christle, author of The Crying Book
‘Arrangements in Blue is a beautiful book. Amy's observations are razor sharp and tender. I was wooed by her clarity of thought and turn of phrase, felt pierced and comforted by turn as I joined her on this exploration of the past and the possibility of the future.’ Sarvat Hasin, author of The Giant Dark.
‘Profound and poetic, vulnerable yet brave, I devoured Amy Key’s memoir about love, loss, memory and hope. An incredible writer, a stunning debut’ Lisa McGee, creator of Derry Girls
‘It’s an ache of a book, heartsore and hopeful’ A gorgeous manifesto for a solo life, the power of music and friendships and a reckoning with the possibilities of love and fulfilment. --Sinéad Gleeson, author of Constellations
‘There is a whole life pulsing within these pages, written with both clarity and eloquence, a glittering brightness that glints like stars in a navy velvet sky. A book to be read in astonishment and in admiration. Bewitching’ Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of A Ghost in the Throat
Amy Key writes with rare integrity, courage and style... a beautiful and necessary book. -- Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent
A seriously beautiful and important work I feel lucky to have encountered and which will change how many think about love in all its iterations. -- Megan Nolan, author of Acts of Desperation
Profound and poetic, vulnerable yet brave, I devoured Amy Key's memoir about love, loss, memory and hope. An incredible writer, a stunning debut. -- Lisa McGee, creator of Derry Girls
An exquisite book whose beauty sweetly stung me. Amy writes just like Joni sings... with ecstatic feminine power. -- May-Lan Tan, author of Things to Make and Break
Arrangements in Blue took my breath away ... Even in the process of reading it for the first time I knew it would be a book I would return to again and again. -- Sophie Mackintosh, author of Blue Ticket
Amy Key's extraordinary Arrangements in Blue isn't merely a commentary on Joni Mitchell's Blue, but something bolder, more personal and shape-shifting ... It makes itself up on its own terms. An intimate, absorbing inquiry. -- Paul Lisicky, author of Later: My Life at the Edge of the World
From grief to anger to full-throttled joy, Amy Key hits every note of feeling with perfect pitch... Abrave and brilliant exploration of how one woman lives both alone and alongside romance. An absolutely gorgeous work. -- Heather Christle, author of The Crying Book
I love Amy Key. -- Lauren Laverne