Synopsis
A BBC 'Between the Covers' Book Club Pick
'Gorgeous and heartbreaking . . . I wept' - Yael van der Wouden, author of The Safekeep
'I didn't want it to end' - Maggie O'Farrell
An Observer Best Debut of the Year
Shortlisted for the 2025 Betty Trask Award
It is 1938 and on an island off the coast of Wales, Manod is trying to imagine...
Details
03 April 2025224 pages
9781035024766Imprint: 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
Gorgeous and heartbreaking . . . I weptYael van der Wouden, author of The Safekeep
'An excellent debut . . . Brief but complete, the book is an example of precisely observed writing that makes a character’s specific existence glimmer with verisimilitude'Maggie Shipstead, New York Times
