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
Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023
‘A hugely impressive debut’ SARAH WATERS
‘[A] haunting and moving story’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘A powerful and inspired achievement. This one is not to be missed’ NATHAN HARRIS
’A haunting, powerful and utterly unforgettable read’ RACHEL HENG
Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023
‘A hugely impressive debut’ SARAH WATERS
‘[A] haunting and moving story’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘A powerful and inspired achievement. This one is not to be missed’ NATHAN HARRIS
’A haunting, powerful and utterly unforgettable read’ RACHEL HENG
Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023
‘A hugely impressive debut’ SARAH WATERS
‘[A] haunting and moving story’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘A powerful and inspired achievement. This one is not to be missed’ NATHAN HARRIS
’A haunting, powerful and utterly unforgettable read’ RACHEL HENG
The first essay collection from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.
‘This trenchant, unrepentant collection reminds you that she’s a brilliant writer… Order a copy in case she’s cancelled by Christmas’ THE TIMES (Book of the Year)
‘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
‘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 FIERCELY INTELLIGENT PAGE-TURNER’ PAULA HAWKINS
‘WRITTEN PRE-COVID – GRIPPING, SCARY AND PERSUASIVE’ IAN RANKIN
‘THE STUFF THAT CLASSICS ARE MADE OF’ A.J. FINN
‘GRIPPING AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN. WHAT A DEBUT!’ SARAH PEARSE, author of The Sanatorium
‘BRILLIANT, PRESCIENT, UNPUTDOWNABLE’ JENNY COLGAN
‘Stephenson’s reputation as a sci-fi titan is deserved’ Sunday Times
‘His most visionary, and timely, book yet’ Chicago Review of Books
‘Absorbing speculative fiction’ Guardian
In this compelling debut, an unknowable legacy passes through generations of one family living on the beautiful island of Barbados.