Synopsis
A BBC ‘BETWEEN THE COVERS’ BOOK CLUB PICK
'I didn't want it to end' - Maggie O'Farrell
'Powerful . . . written with a calm, luminous precision' - Colm Tóibín
An Observer Best Debut of the Year 2024
It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just...
Details
25 April 2024
224 pages
9781035024728
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Evocative and haunting . . . written with a care and restraint that is rare in a debut novel. It teems with visceral imageryJude Cook, Guardian
O’Connor’s beautifully evocative debut explores the liminal spaces between aspiration and disappointment, adolescence and adulthood, land and sea . . . a highly impressive coming-of-age taleThe Observer
An excellent debut . . . Brief but complete, the book is an example of precisely observed writing that makes a character’s specific existence glimmer with verisimilitudeMaggie Shipstead, New York Times
A beautifully nuanced, beguiling first novel, which leaves room for hope. O’Connor has a promising career aheadThe Times