''I Meant It Once explores longing, belonging and the big emotions that can make us feel small with unusual elegance and depth'' Coco Mellors, author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein ''Gorgeously written and staggeringly honest . . . It will bewitch you'' Tess Gunty, author of The Rabbit Hutch ''I Meant it Once signals the arrival of a major talent and voice'' Brandon Taylor, author of Booker Prize Finalist Real Life ''I was enraptured by these stories..Perfect for fans of Greta Gerwig'' Edel Coffey With this sharp and witty debut collection, author Kate Doyle captures precisely that time of life when so many young women are caught in between, pre-occupied by nostalgia for past relationships - with friends, roommates, siblings - while trying to move forward into an uncertain futureIn "That Is Shocking," a college student relates a darkly funny story of romantic humiliation, one that skirts the parallel story of a friend she betrayed. In others, young women long for friends who have mo