Blasted Things

Glaister is a sensitive but unflinching writer who knows exactly how to beguile the reader into turning the pages.

‘Glaister is an experienced novelist, and this is a consummate and heart-wringing performance.’

* The Sunday Times *

‘Combines psychological insight with an immersive sense of time and place. In short, she’s the perfect lockdown novelist so if you’ve yet to discover her, now’s the ideal time.’

* Metro *

‘Glaister’s novels always appear to be as effortless for her to write as they for us to read.’

* The Times *

‘Glaister has the uncomfortable knack of putting her finger on things we most fear, of exposing the darkness within.’

* Independent on Sunday *

‘Elegant and moving’

* Marc's books blog *

A sensitive, unsettling tale of a post-First World War romance.

* The Independent *

A sensitive and compelling drama.

* Sunday People *

Glaister’s sense of place and ear for dialogue are brilliantly convincing.

Blasted Things is a restrained, elegant, deeply compassionate novel.

One of the most compelling novels I have read all year.

A moody, mesmerizing tale of a man and a woman who’ve returned to Suffolk after surviving the atrocities of the Great War.

* East Anglian Daily Times *

Glaister is acute in her exploration and depiction of family and social discord.

* The Scotsm