AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024
WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
‘I was totally gripped’ DOUGLAS STUART
‘Immersive and enthralling’ PAULA HAWKINS
‘At first hard to put down. By page 200, impossible’ STEPHEN KING
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‘The best kind of book: the one you didn’t know you were craving until it appeared … self-interrogative, intricately perceptive. I absolutely inhaled it’ JIA TOLENTINO
‘A very richly interesting exploration of a complex subject. Begoña Gómez Urzaiz tells the stories with such intelligence and wit and generosity’ TESSA HADLEY
‘An enthralling, layered triumph’ SUNDAY TIMES, Thriller of the Month
‘A richly enjoyable thriller’ THE TIMES, Thriller of the Year
‘An elegant, provocative, twisting thriller… hugely entertaining and beautifully written’ CHRIS WHITAKER
‘So brilliant I stayed up into the early hours to finish it’ PRIMA, Book of the Month
‘Ingenious’ THE TIMES, Book of the Year
‘Sparkling’OBSERVER
‘A triumph… beyond admiration’ PHILIP PULLMAN
‘Spellbinding…. Chevalier at her fabulous best’ ELIF SHAFAK
‘As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead… one of the reigning queens of historical fiction’ INDEPENDENT
‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR
Featured in Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Sunday Times Style, You Magazine…
‘Super-sharp, lethally witty’ NIGELLA LAWSON
Delicious’ JOJO MOYES
‘Very funny… I inhaled it’ JOE LYCETT
‘Taut, pacy, seamless… a huge pleasure to read’ MARIAN KEYES
‘A powerful family saga’ OBSERVER
‘Heartbreaking, hopeful, and resilient… a masterpiece’ TARA M. STRINGFELLOW, author of Memphis
‘A boisterous romp that spotlights serious social issues’ DAILY MAIL
‘A Down Under Demon Copperhead… it’s more than feel-good, it’s feel-everything. What a triumph’ A. J. FINN
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, this is the irresistible new novel from the internationally bestselling author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES.
‘A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging… beautifully rendered’ JESSICA ANDREWS
‘A deeply observant, perceptive writer’ JOANNA CANNON
‘Evocative, layered and emotionally resonant… deserves to be on your reading list’ GLAMOUR
‘Masterful… It will stay with you long after you finish it’ JJ BOLA
‘A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging… beautifully rendered’ JESSICA ANDREWS
‘A deeply observant, perceptive writer’ JOANNA CANNON
‘Evocative, layered and emotionally resonant… deserves to be on your reading list’ GLAMOUR
‘Masterful… It will stay with you long after you finish it’ JJ BOLA
‘A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging… beautifully rendered’ JESSICA ANDREWS, prize-winning author of Saltwater and Milk Teeth
‘A deeply observant, perceptive writer’ JOANNA CANNON, bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
‘Masterful… It will stay with you long after you finish it’ JJ BOLA
‘Fabulous, relaxing, page-turning, dream-inspiring’ MIRANDA HART
‘Exquisitely beautiful and so perceptive’ JOANNA CANNON
From the Costa-shortlisted author of THE OTHER HALF OF AUGUSTA HOPE and ALL MY MOTHERS
A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING READER FAVOURITE
‘Funny, poignant, smart and wonderfully, achingly real’ SARAH WATERS
‘Rambunctiously funny’ THE TIMES, Book of the Year
‘I can’t think of another author who can make me ricochet so quickly from painful empathy to helpless laughter’ ERIN KELLY
