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From 1960s Italy to present-day Ireland, Ripeness is a haunting, luminous tale of love, grief, and the lifelong search for where we truly belong, from Sarah Moss *, bestselling author of Summerwater.
‘Moss * makes every moment count' – The Sunday Times
‘The achievement of a lifetime' – Jessie Burton *
‘A book of lasting pleasures' – Eleanor Catton
‘A powerful and beautifully written story of family, friendship and identity' – Guardian
Just out of school and teetering on the brink of adulthood, Edith is sent alone to rural Italy. Her task is simple: support her sister Lydia, a brilliant but brittle ballet dancer, through the final weeks of her pregnancy. Once the child is born, she is to make a phone call that will change all of their lives forever.
Decades later, Edith is living a contented life in Ireland, happily divorced and unexpectedly free. But when her friend Méabh receives a call from a stranger claiming to be her brother, everything shifts. As Méabh confronts a history she never knew she had, Edith is pulled back into the long-buried story of the baby she once held, and lost.
‘Tender and rueful . . . Sarah Moss * is a marvel of insight and eloquence' – Emma Donoghue, author of Room
‘One of our greatest living writers' – Katherine May, author of Wintering
Praise for Sarah Moss *:
‘Throws much contemporary writing into the shade' – Hilary Mantel
‘One of our very * best contemporary novelists’ – Independent
‘A brilliant mind' – The Guardian
‘Moss * has quietly been putting out some of the most interesting and carefully sculpted novels of recent years' – Financial Times
‘One of the finest contemporary writers working in Britain today' – Stylist
‘Is Sarah Moss * the best British writer never nominated for the Booker?' – Daily Mail
‘Nothing escapes her sly humour and brilliant touch' – Jessie Burton *
‘The most brilliant writer. She deserves to win all the prizes' – Joanna Trollope
From the Publisher
ASIN : B0DLWM7S7N
Publisher : Picador
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : 22 May 2025
Language : English
File size : 2.4 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 301 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1529035483
Page Flip : Enabled
Reading age : 18 years and up
Best Sellers Rank: 6,290 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) 190 in Coming of Age Fiction (Kindle Store) 232 in Women's Literary Fiction (Books) 304 in Women's Literary Fiction (Kindle Store)
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