It's August 1997 and Julian is lost in a medicated haze of grief. His partner, Julia, has removed all traces of herself from Firdaws, their beautiful riverside home, while all that remains of their th
He followed her eyes skyward to a bird that was falling, turning and turning, like a heart that had leapt free. It fell, and as it did it became a falcon. He was transfixed.Julian's fall begins the mo
* The B format publication of the ecstatically received collection of short stories about vengeful wives, jealous husbands, femme fatales, reluctant fiancees, daddy's girls, secretive nannies and worl
An Observer Fiction Highlight 2020'Oh my god, this book! I don't have words to convey its brilliance' MARIAN KEYES'A glorious novel' KATE MOSSE'If summer was suddenly like a novel, it would be like th
Julia is married and eight years his senior; Julian is a gifted English student, a life of academia ahead. Ignoring warnings from family and friends they each give up all they have to be together. The
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER 2 BESTSELLER'Heady armchair escapism ... An impressionistic, intoxicating rush of sensory experience' Sunday Times 'Sublime and immersive ... If you wish you could disappear to
THE UK BESTSELLER Sublime and immersive . . . If you wish you could disappear to a Greek island right now, I highly recommend. Jojo Moyes, #1 bestselling author of Me Before YouThis gorgeous, glimmeri
In an English seaside town, lovers and children, men and women weave in and out of each other's lives and stories.A mother is tormented by her daughter's tattoo; another only pretends to love her baby
“Sublime and immersive . . . If you wish you could disappear to a Greek island right now, I highly recommend.”―Jojo Moyes, #1 bestselling author of Me Before You“This gorgeous, glimmering summer read is itself perfect summer: irresistible and deep, Samson's lyric sentences pulling you into unforgettable sunlight and shadow.”―Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of White HousesIt’s 1960, and the world teeters on the edge of cultural, political, sexual, and artistic revolution. On the Greek island of Hydra, a proto-commune of poets, painters, and musicians revel in dreams at the feet of their unofficial leaders, the writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston, troubled queen and king of bohemia. At the center of this circle of misfit artists are the captivating and inscrutable Axel Jensen, his magnetic wife Marianne Ihlen, and a young Canadian ingenue poet named Leonard Cohen. When eighteen-year-old Erica stumbles into their world, she’s fresh off the boat from London with nothing
