The debut novel that catapulted Clare Morrall on to the Booker shortlist, a compelling and affecting tale of a woman whose longing to have children and for the mother she never knew leads her into serious trouble. .
The debut novel that catapulted Clare Morrall on to the Booker shortlist, a compelling and affecting tale of a woman whose longing to have children an...
In a world prone to violent flooding, Britain, ravaged 20 years earlier by a deadly virus, has been largely cut off from the rest of the world. Survivors are few and far between, most of them infertile. Children, the only hope for the future, are a rare commodity. For 22-year-old Roza Polanski, life with her family in their isolated tower block is relatively comfortable. She's safe, happy enough. But when a stranger called Aashay Kent arrives, everything changes. At first he's a welcome addition, his magnetism drawing the Polanskis out of their shells, promising an alternative to a lonely...
In a world prone to violent flooding, Britain, ravaged 20 years earlier by a deadly virus, has been largely cut off from the rest of the world. Surviv...
Alma Braithwaite was a teenager when Exeter, and her boarding school, were wrecked by bombardments in 1942. Twenty-one years later, she is stuck in a groove carved by the war, living alone in her parents' house and teaching music at her old school. It takes a new student - the daughter of a man Alma hasn't seen since 1942 - to bring back the painful yet exhilarating summer that followed the air-raids, and an antagonistic new headmistress to jolt her out of the past and make her seize the future.
Alma Braithwaite was a teenager when Exeter, and her boarding school, were wrecked by bombardments in 1942. Twenty-one years later, she is stuck in a ...
