Jennifer
Jennifer is a light-toned, emotionally honest novel about growing up and the anatomy of passion—when illusions are mistaken for fate, and dependence for love.
About the book
Jennifer Vellow grows up in a world where being seen is easy and being truly met is not. Her path moves from the first attempts to “just live” to the stage and back again, where feelings, too, can become a role, sometimes imposed, sometimes chosen.
The novel begins as a story of coming of age and gradually becomes an anatomy of passion, a close look at toxic attachment and the ways dependence can disguise itself as love. It is a book about mistakes that are hard to admit, and about the quiet that arrives not as defeat but as a chance to finally hear oneself.
What readers can expect
- A coming-of-age story that deepens into an anatomy of passion
- Light-toned prose with an emotionally honest core
- Illusion, dependence, and the cost of confusing them with love
- The private work of returning to oneself, even when it feels hard
Edition
Russian edition · Hardcover, paperback & eBook
Illustrations selected by the author · Audiobook and translations in development
About the author
K. Malkovich is a New York–based bilingual author (Russian & English) who writes simple, sharp, emotionally honest fiction—human, sometimes funny, never sugary.
She is drawn to the moment performance stops working, when the everyday quietly tilts, and what looked like fantasy becomes something you can’t charm or spin.
In her pages, the voice is close and unsentimental: a steady presence that doesn’t flatter, doesn’t preach, and still stays.