The Measure
‘GRIPPING AND POIGNANT’RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things
‘CLEVER AND ENTERTAINING’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘A THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ’ PRIMA
‘GRIPPING AND POIGNANT’RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things
‘CLEVER AND ENTERTAINING’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘A THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ’ PRIMA
‘GRIPPING AND POIGNANT’RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things
‘CLEVER AND ENTERTAINING’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘A THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ’ PRIMA
‘Beautiful and brutal… a breathtaking debut’ JOANNA CANNON
‘Dark, lyrical… impressive’ DAILY MAIL
‘An atmospheric slow burn… with a sense of forboding that grows with each page’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘Atmospheric and compelling’ KATE SAWYER
‘Beautiful and brutal… a breathtaking debut’ JOANNA CANNON
‘Dark, lyrical… impressive’ DAILY MAIL
‘An atmospheric slow burn… with a sense of forboding that grows with each page’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘Atmospheric and compelling’ KATE SAWYER
‘A bitter-sweet pang in my heart’ Monique Roffey
‘A beautiful book. Insanely romantic and utterly convincing’ Julie Myerson
‘A wonderful and inventive novel, sorrowful and hopeful in equal measure. It was a true pleasure to read’ Miranda Cowley Heller
‘A bitter-sweet pang in my heart’ Monique Roffey
‘A beautiful book. Insanely romantic and utterly convincing’ Julie Myerson
‘A wonderful and inventive novel, sorrowful and hopeful in equal measure. It was a true pleasure to read’ Miranda Cowley Heller
‘A bitter-sweet pang in my heart’ Monique Roffey
‘A beautiful book. Insanely romantic and utterly convincing’ Julie Myerson
‘A wonderful and inventive novel, sorrowful and hopeful in equal measure. It was a true pleasure to read’ Miranda Cowley Heller
In this compelling debut, an unknowable legacy passes through generations of one family living on the beautiful island of Barbados.
In this compelling debut, an unknowable legacy passes through generations of one family living on the beautiful island of Barbados.
*WINNER OF THE 2023 FRED KERNER BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION*
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 TORONTO BOOK AWARDS*
*FINALIST FOR THE 2023 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE*
Grief is like an inside joke: you have to have been there to really get it.
*WINNER OF THE 2023 FRED KERNER BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION*
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 TORONTO BOOK AWARDS*
*FINALIST FOR THE 2023 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE*
Grief is like an inside joke: you have to have been there to really get it.
In this compelling debut, an unknowable legacy passes through generations of one family living on the beautiful island of Barbados.
‘Devastating, deceptive and darkly funny’ SARAH WINMAN
‘It had me holding my breath!’ MARIAN KEYES
‘A stupendous novel… complicated, dark, funny and very human’ FERN BRITTON
‘A compellingly crafted, darkly funny and compulsive read, full of twists’ RACHEL JOYCE