Synopsis
'A glorious love story' – Sarah Winman, author of Still Life
'Extraordinarily daring . . . a remarkable novel, an almost visionary celebration of the death-defying power of the women’s love' - Sunday Times, Book of the Year
From a 19th-century Prussian village to the dusty plains of Australia, Devotion is a stunning story about the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love, with a breathtaking twist. From the bestselling author of Burial Rites, Hannah Kent.
Hanne and Thea’s friendship is a miracle. Before, Hanne always felt apart from the local girls, but with Thea it all came easy. Suddenly she could imagine a future for herself, a happy one, by Thea’s side.
But when their tight-knit community embarks on a long and brutal journey to Australia, in search of new freedoms on old land, Hanne and Thea’s bond must find a way to survive the most impossible devastation.
Will their love prove too strong for even Nature to break?
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award
'Devotion had me constantly surprised, always entertained, and ultimately deeply moved' – Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters
'Exquisite . . . it's taken root in my heart' – Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
'So beautiful and so raw . . . Impossibly good' – Evie Wyld, author of The Bass Rock
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03 February 2022
9781509863914Reviews
Piercingly beautiful . . . [Hanne and Thea's] story is an elegy, freighted with loss and longing
Such a glorious love story. And the poetry of the landscape had, for me, a Whitmanesque sensibility. A mighty impassioned cry to love and the land
Hannah Kent’s latest novel is stunning - full of magic and adventure. I fell in love with language again reading it. So beautiful and so raw. Devotion is impossibly good
With an extraordinarily daring twist halfway through its narrative Devotion is a remarkable novel, an almost visionary celebration of the death-defying power of the women’s love
