A powerful, heartbreaking story about tempting fate and living with the consequences, set like Lawson's magical Crow Lake in the far north of Canada but with a magnificently broader reach.
Mary Lawson's first novel, Crow Lake, was loved by critics and
readers all over the world; it was translated into 25 languages and
published in 28 countries. It was a New York Times bestseller, won
the McKitterick Prize and spent 75 weeks on the bestseller lists in
her native Canada. Her second novel, The Other Side of the Bridge,
was longlisted for the Booker Prize and selected for the Richard &
Judy Book Club. Road Ends, published in 2014, was described by the
New York Times as 'tender and surprising . . . a vivid and
evocative tale'. A Town Called Solace, published to critical
acclaim in February 2021, was an instant bestseller in her native
Canada. Mary came to England in the 1960s, and lives in
Kingston-upon-Thames.
www.marylawson.ca
A beautiful read, on every level
*Independent on Sunday*
Like the great 19th-century novelists of provincial life, Mary
Lawson is fluent in the desperate intensity of the small,
individual dramas of respectable people - and she paints an
eloquent picture
*Sunday Telegraph*
Evokes beautifully the big joys and sorrows of most people, no
matter how small their town
*The Times*
Discreetly powerful
*Daily Telegraph*
This is a fine book - an enthralling read, both straightforward and
wonderfully intricate
*Guardian*
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