There are moments in this novel that are so beautifully and painfully evoked.... I thought about it for days afterwards."--Carys Bray, author of A Song for Issy Bradley"
Perceptive, wise, and exquisitely written, this novel had me turning the pages with heart-stopping urgency. I could not have loved it more. --Hannah Beckerman, author of The Dead Wife's Handbook"
Beautifully written and atmospheric, Bishop illustrates the deep ambivalence one woman feels towards marriage and motherhood with breathtaking insight. Her skill as a writer is unquestionable: she has a poet s eye for the world, particularly landscape, and her evocation of 1960s Cambridge and Perth is exceptional. --Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites"
Acutely sensitive to the powerful effects of place on the psyche, Bishop weaves a gorgeous, heartbreaking story about a woman pushed to the limits of love, until she s faced with a choice: her family or herself?
--Christina Schwarz, author of Drowning Ruth and The Edge of the Earth"
An exquisite and clear-eyed story of the ambiguities of love and creativity, motherhood and migration. Stephanie Bishop s novel works on its readers souls with the broadest sweeps of its narrative s canvas and the word-by-word lyricism of its sentences. It s a thing of beauty and honesty, as big as the whole unmoored world, and as particular as a family s moments and moods.
--Ashley Hay, author of The Railwayman s Wife"
"Beautifully written and atmospheric, Bishop illustrates the deep ambivalence one woman feels towards marriage and motherhood with breathtaking insight. Her skill as a writer is unquestionable: she has a poet's eye for the world, particularly landscape, and her evocation of 1960s Cambridge and Perth is exceptional."--Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites
"There are moments in this novel that are so beautifully and painfully evoked.... I thought about it for days afterwards."--Carys Bray, author of A Song for Issy Bradley
"Perceptive, wise, and exquisitely written, this novel had me turning the pages with heart-stopping urgency. I could not have loved it more. "--Hannah Beckerman, author of The Dead Wife's Handbook
"Acutely sensitive to the powerful effects of place on the psyche, Bishop weaves a gorgeous, heartbreaking story about a woman pushed to the limits of love, until she's faced with a choice: her family or herself?"
--Christina Schwarz, author of Drowning Ruth and The Edge of the Earth
"An exquisite and clear-eyed story of the ambiguities of love and creativity, motherhood and migration. Stephanie Bishop's novel works on its readers' souls with the broadest sweeps of its narrative's canvas and the word-by-word lyricism of its sentences. It's a thing of beauty and honesty, as big as the whole unmoored world, and as particular as a family's moments and moods."
--Ashley Hay, author of The Railwayman's Wife