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The wonderful new novel from Helen Dunmore, bestselling author of The Lie and Exposure.

About the Author

Helen Dunmore was a British poet, novelist and short story and children's writer. Her best known works include the novels Zennor in Darkness, A Spell of Winter and The Siege, and her last book of poetry Inside the Wave. She won the inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction, the National Poetry Competition, and posthumously the Costa Book Award. She died in 2017. Emma's audiobook recordings include Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand, Chaos of the Senses by Ahlam Mosteghanemi, Now You See Me by Lesley Glaister, An English Ghost Story by Kim Newman and Backpack by Emily Barr, as well as the audio drama, Six Degrees of Assassination by M.J. Arlidge. Her recent stage work includes Wuthering Heights (Tour), Twelfth Night with Honey­Tongued Theatre (Dubrovnik) and Alice with Creation Theatre (Oxford).

Reviews

'Hers are expert hands at turning history into gripping fiction.'
*The Times*

'Helen Dunmore ... is a poet as well as a novelist, who is celebrated for her delicate language and acute observations.'
*Sunday Times*