Free Audio Book : Cleopatra and Frankenstein, By Coco Mellors

New York is gradually eluding Cleo’s hold. True, she’s at a distinct party every other evening, but she hardly knows anyone. Her student visa is nearing its expiration, and she doesn’t even have funds for cigarettes. But then she encounters Frank. Two decades her senior, Frank’s life is brimming with all the prosperity and indulgence that Cleo’s lacks. He presents her with the opportunity for happiness, the liberty to paint, and the chance to apply for a green card. She offers him a life filled with beauty and art - and, hopefully, a reason to reduce his drinking. He is everything she requires at this moment.

Cleo and Frank plunge headlong into a romance that neither of them can quite keep pace with. It reshapes their lives and the lives of those around them, whether that’s Cleo’s best friend grappling to accept his gender identity in the aftermath of her marriage or Frank’s financially reliant sister arranging sugar-daddy dates after being cut off. Ultimately, this fortuitous encounter between two strangers outside of a New Year’s Eve party alters everything, for better or worse.

Cleopatra and Frankenstein is a remarkable and painfully relatable debut novel about the impulsive decisions that mold our entire lives and those imperfect relationships born of unexpectedly perfect evenings.