That Was Not My Intention, by Frances Pavletich
PRESALES TO SHIP IN LATE JULY
"They had not spoken in close to a decade. And now here they were, resuscitating each other back into a story she thought they'd left behind."
The story of Lola and Ben as they circle around one another trying hard to grow up. A bleak and satisfying look into the relationships we build and what sometimes happens to them.
Inspired by: being a great friend, being a terrible friend, being too self-important to tell the difference, failing to get a person to desire you, using dishonest means to get a person to desire you, making a fool of yourself, the people we loved at first, the people we despised later, and the people we can never look in the eye again.
About Frances Pavletich
Frances Pavletich started Evening Books, a tiny bookshop in Dunedin that specialised in hard-to-find publications and translated fiction, as well as Small Press Fest, a three-day festival dedicated to independent publishing in Aotearoa. She teaches in Prague. This is her debut novel.ISBN: 978-0-473-72597-6
Release date: late July 2026
Pages ~200
Dimensions: 200x145x12mm
Paperback