Will You Read This, Please?: Unabridged edition
‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS
‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD
‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR
‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS
‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD
‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR
‘An absorbing story of a world in transition’ JM Coetzee
‘A Doctor Zhivago for the Far East’ The Independent
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
*WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE MONTH*
Paris, 1891 Laura is living on the streets, far from the American Prairies where she was born. When rescued by the entrancing aerialists, Ena and Auguste Gaudron, she soon finds herself ensconced in the family hot air balloon business, and offered the chance to learn how to fly.
‘Devastating, deceptive and darkly funny’ SARAH WINMAN
‘It had me holding my breath!’ MARIAN KEYES
’I loved this novel. It was perfection. Highly recommend’ CECELIA AHERN
‘A stupendous novel… complicated, dark, funny and very human’ FERN BRITTON
‘Amitav Ghosh is such a fascinating and seductive writer… I cannot think of another contemporary writer with whom it would be this thrilling to go so far, so fast’ The Times
‘It broke my heart’ Louise O’Neill
‘Hard-hitting’ The Timess
‘Powerful and bittersweet’ Daily Mail
‘Beat[s] Normal People at its own game’ Harper’s Bazaar
One of ‘the best books to look forward to in 2023’COSMOPOLITAN
‘A poignant debut which marks Krystle Zara Appiah out as one of Britain’s best new young writers’HARPER’S BAZAAR
‘It broke my heart’ Louise O’Neill
‘Hard-hitting’ The Times
‘Powerful and bittersweet’ Daily Mail
‘Beat[s] Normal People at its own game’ Harper’s Bazaar
‘Tender, vivid and achingly sad’ GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE YEAR
TWO SISTERS publishes on the 30th anniversary of Blake Morrison’s ground-breaking book And When Did You Last See Your Father? which forged the way for a new genre of confessional memoir.
‘A DAZZLING DEBUT’ SARAH WINMAN
‘FOR FANS OF ELENA FERRANTE…STUNNING’ WOMAN’S WEEKLY
‘VIVID AND AUTHENTIC’ WASHINGTON POST
‘NAOMI KRUPITSKY’S WORDS SING…I COULDN’T PUT IT DOWN’ JOANNA GLEN
‘GRIPPING…A TENSE, NUANCED DEBUT’ PLATINUM
‘Unmissable’ STYLIST
‘A really gripping read’ TIMES RADIO
A brilliantly inventive and often funny story of family and identity, inheritance and birthright, ambiguous loss and finding your way, Frank Walsh’s voice will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading.