Maggie O'Farrell's groundbreaking debut: a stunning, best-selling story of wrenching love and grief. A distraught young woman boards a train at King's Cross to return to her family in Scotland. Six hours later, she catches sight of something so terrible in a mirror at Waverley Station that she gets [...]

When Lily moves into Marcus's flat and plunges headlong into a relationship, she must contend not merely with the disapproval of flatmate Adrian, but with a more intangible, hostile presence. Could it be that Sinead, Marcus's ex, is trying to communicate with her?[...]

Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE is a gorgeously written story of love and motherhood, a tour de force from one of our best loved novelists.

When the sophisticated Innes Kent turns up on her doorstep, Lexie Sinclair realises she cannot wait any longer fo[...]

The stunning new novel from Costa-Novel-Award-winning novelist Maggie O'Farrell: a portrait of an Irish family in crisis in the legendary heatwave of 1976. It's July 1976. In London, it hasn't rained for months, gardens are filled with aphids, water comes from a standpipe, and Robert Riordan tells h[...]

Romanen starter i 1930-åra og går fram til vår tid. Familien snakker aldri om Esme, men etter seksti år må hun forlate den psykiatriske institusjonen hun har vært plassert på. Iris oppdager ei grandtante hun ikke visste hun hadde, og hun får høre ei historie om to søstre i India og 30-tall[...]

Romanen handler om kjærlighet, tap og håp og starter på 1950-tallet da Lexie Sinclair følger med bohemen og kunstsamleren Innes Kent til London. I hjertet av Soho skaper de seg en ny tilværelse, men så tar livet ei brå vending. Mer enn 50 år seinere opplever Elina og Ted ei utfordrende tid e[...]

Maalaiskaupungin maa polttaa Lexie Sinclairin jalkojen alla: nuori nainen on valmistunut yliopistosta ja odottaa elämän alkavan. Kun hienostunut Innes Kent ilmestyy kuin tyhjästä Lexien kotikadulle, odottaminen on ohi. Boheemin Lontoon sydämessä, 1950-luvun sykkivässä Sohossa Lexie luo uuden[...]

London, 1976. In the thick of a record-breaking heatwave, Gretta Riordan's newly-retired husband has cleaned out his bank account and vanished. Now, for the first time in years, Gretta calls her children home: Michael Francis, a history teacher whose marriage is failing; Monica, whose blighted past [...]

From the best-selling author of "The Vanishing of Esme Lennox" comes a spellbinding novel that shows there are no accidents, in life and in love. Frustrated with her parents' genteel country life, Lexie Sinclair plans her escape to London. There, she takes up with Innes Kent, a magazine editor who i[...]

"Underligt väder lockar fram underliga beteenden ..."

Det är juli 1976 och en värmebölja håller London i sitt grepp. Det har inte regnat på månader, trädgårdarna kryllar av löss, dricksvatten finns bara i tillfälliga pumpar på gatan och Robert Riordan säger till sin fru Gretta [...]

?Lyssna. Träden i den här berättelsen vaknar, ruskar på sig och rättar till grenarna igen. En byig vind blåser in från havet och de rastlösa träden knycker otåligt på nacken, som om de visste att någonting är på väg att hända.?

När den stilige och sofistikerade Innes Kent dy[...]