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WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK AWARDS - FIRST BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, SCOTSMAN AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A beautiful book ... It warmed my heart' MAX PORTER 'Electrifying ... A pocket epic' GUARDIAN
An astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation, and the hidden lives of women - by a major new talent.
In the year of 1413, two women meet for the first time in Norwich.
Before they part, Julian will entrust Margery with a secret – one that will change the course of history.
‘You will read it in no time but be thinking about it for ages after’ FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE, GUARDIAN, Book of the day 'Miraculously conjured ... Brilliantly done' THE TIMES, Book of the Month 'The best first novel I've read in years ... So full and so vivid; it is amazing' RODDY DOYLE 'A vibrant portrait of female courage' OBSERVER ‘A novel of rare brightness and clarity, concise and yet capacious: it illuminates like a shaft of sunlight’ IMOGEN HERMES GOWAR
Paperback
Publication: 14 Mar 2024, Bloomsbury
ISBN: 9781526647931
Extent: 528 pages
