Signs for Lost Children
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Granta Books
Published:3rd Jun '21
Should be back in stock very soon
From the author of Ghost Wall, a powerful enquiry into the workings of the human mind and heart, set in the 1880s between Japan and England.
In this companion novel to Bodies of Light, Ally's husband Tom leaves, only weeks into their marriage, to build lighthouses in Japan. Ally, one of Britain's first female doctors, takes work at an asylum in Truro. With only letters sent across the ocean to sustain them, and with Ally now battling her old demons alone, will their marriage survive?
'Sarah Moss is one of our country's most underrated writers... [Signs forLost Children is] full of humanity, historical insight and beautiful writing...If there is one author you take a chance on this year, let it be her - it's time,and money, well spent' - Fiona Wilson, The Times
'Quietly devastating... These lateral portraits of disillusionment are excellentlyrendered. Tom's journey is external and exotic ... [and] is beautifullydelivered (Moss is an effortlessly elegant writer), but in the end it is Ally'sinternal odyssey that grips... A compelling, often harrowing, occasionallyheartbreaking read' - Sarah Crown, Guardian
- Short-listed for Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2016 (UK)
- Short-listed for Winston Graham Historical Fiction 2016 (UK)
ISBN: 9781783787692
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 22mm
Weight: 258g
368 pages