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SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD
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‘Heaven' Katherine May, bestselling author of Wintering
‘A glowing, generous novel' Irish Times
‘A warm, unsentimental and beautifully observed book for our times' Lucy Caldwell, author of These Days
‘Grace is a fabulous character … there's a touch of Olive Kitteridge in her' Good Housekeeping
Grace lives alone in a coastal village in Northern Ireland, filling her days with wild * swimming, fishing, quilting and baiting the tourists who blow in from the city.
One of the visitors is Evan, on an enforced holiday from his family in Belfast as he grieves the death of his infant daughter. But before a week is out, he is trapped there by lockdown. When Grace grudgingly saves Evan from drowning, and his reserved young son arrives unexpectedly, all three * are startled into a reckoning with their past and a reconnection with the outside world.
From the Publisher
ASIN : B0C6BZQBH5
Publisher : Serpent's Tail
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : 1 Feb. 2024
Language : English
File size : 2.2 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 302 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1800816756
Page Flip : Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: 4,072 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) 154 in Women's Literary Fiction (Books) 260 in Women's Literary Fiction (Kindle Store) 626 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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Customers say
Customers find the book beautifully written with fascinating characters, and one review notes how the sea itself serves as a character in the story. Moreover, the story receives positive feedback, with one customer describing it as a sensitively told tale around loss of childhood. Additionally, customers appreciate the book's readability, humor, and pacing, with one review highlighting its unexpected beauty.
