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A Quiet Life

Ethan Joella author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Muswell Press

Published:23rd Feb '23

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‘This sensitive US debut about a group of neighbours should scratch the itch of any Elizabeth Strout fans…Simmering with everyday drama and heartache’ Daily Mail

'A seriously talented writer and one to watch' The Spectator. From the author of the critically acclaimed debut, A Little Hope comes an enormously powerful and life-affirming novel about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways.Set in a close-knit Pennsylvania suburb in the grip of winter, A Quiet Life follows three people grappling with loss and finding a tender wisdom in their grief. Ethan's debut novel A Little Hope received widespread UK coverage and will be published in paperback to coincide with A Quiet Life. Scribner will publish A Quiet Life in November'22.

'This sensitive US debut about a group of neighbours should scratch the itch of any Elizabeth Strout fans...Simmering with everyday drama and heartache' Daily Mail on A Little Hope. 'An unforgettable novel that will break your heart and put it back together again piece by piece' Clare Reynolds on A Little Hope. 'Poignant and quietly powerful...inspiring' New York Times. 'It reminded me of Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge and praise doesn't come much higher' Isabel Costello, The Literary Sofa

ISBN: 9781739638252

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

288 pages