National Bestseller . A Finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize . A Finalist for the Goldsmiths Prize . Longlisted for the International DUBLIN Literary Award . One of Time Magazine's Top 10 Fiction Books of the Year

A New York Times B...

In the wake of her family's collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions­ - personal, moral, artistic, and practical - as she endeavours to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city, she is made to confr...

In the wake of her family's collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions­ - personal, moral, artistic, and practical - as she endeavours to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city, she is made to confront...

A Guardian, New Statesman, Spectator and Observer Book of the Year

**Shortlisted for the Goldsmith's Prize**

'A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.' Monica Ali, New York Times
'Tremendous from its opening sentence.' Tessa Hadley, Guardian
'A work of...