'A glorious love story' - Sarah Winman, author of Still Life
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award
A stunning story about the impossible lengths we go to for the ones we love, with a breathtaking twist, from the bestselling author of Burial Rites, Hannah Kent.
Hanne and Thea's friendship is a miracle. Before, Hanne always felt apart from the local girls, but with Thea it all came easy. Suddenly she could imagine a future for herself, a happy one, by Thea's side.
But when their tight-knit community embarks on a long and brutal journey to Australia, in search of new freedoms on old land, Hanne and Thea's bond must find a way to survive the most impossible devastation.
Will their love prove too strong for even Nature to break?
'Extraordinarily daring . . . a remarkable novel, an almost visionary celebration of the death-defying power of the women's love' - Sunday Times, Historical Fiction Book of the Month
'Exquisite . . . it's taken root in my heart' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
'So beautiful and so raw . . . Devotion is impossibly good' - Evie Wyld, author of The Bass Rock
| ISBN: | 9781509863884 |
| Publication date: | 4th May 2023 |
| Author: | Hannah Kent |
| Publisher: | Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 417 pages |
| Primary Genre | Historical Fiction |
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