Synopsis
Longlisted for the Booker Prize
Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize
Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year
Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize
Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize
'Original, memorable, shimmering' - Sarah Moss
'Restlessly inventive . . . delicate and persuasive' - The Guardian
Something gleeful and malevolent is moving in Lia’s body, learning her life from the inside out. A shape-shifter....
Details
31 March 2022448 pages
9781529069365Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Remarkable . . . A tearjerker, but it's hopeful too . . . Brave, inventive and matureSunday Times
Here is a book to dance and sing about. An extraordinary, kaleidoscopic dive into languageDaisy Johnson, Man Booker-shortlisted author of Everything, Under
Compelling and uplifting . . . undeniably impressive: Mortimer is clearly a talent to watchTelegraph
An original and memorable novel written in shimmering prose. The characters stayed with me long after I’d finished readingSarah Moss, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of Ghost Wall and Summerwater
