'a multi-layered story that unfolds in a subtle and intriguing way and is beautifully articulated. O'Farrell has a poet's eye and renders ordinary things remarkable...beautiful to read.' Isabel Wolff, the Times

‘The most talked-about novel release of the summer’ Marie Claire

'Heartbreakingly beautiful and original' Eve

‘For once the claims stand up. The novel is brilliant in every way. With devastating clarity, O'Farrell shows the dangerous webs through which people conspire to present an acceptable front and how, years later, when the initial protagonists are dead and history seems set, another story can emerge to confound everything. This is done with precision and brilliance and with a sparkle that recalls Katherine Mansfield's glitter and sting. Maggie O'Farrell has written a taut, fragile mystery of relationships and deception’ Literary Review

‘Her best book to date’ Elle

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