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Becoming Delilah

Sara Marchant author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Fairlight Books

Published:15th Jun '23

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On a windswept island off Cape Cod, Delilah moves into a cottage by the shore. After growing up in precarious circumstances with her Abuela, both of them hiding a terrible secret, all Delilah wants now is a beautiful place of her own - and she's paid a high price for it. 

The neighbours watch the newcomer and wonder about her. They don't like it when she plants a wild and colourful garden in the front yard, and they like the visits from her married lover even less. Meanwhile, her new cottage shares a driveway with the reclusive Anton, who has a secret of his own. When the two meet, sparks fly - but will the past catch up with them?

'A rich and moving story of identity' -Elizabeth Crane, author of This Story Will Change

'Serene and sensuous... Marchant's prose is as measured and lush as a summer garden' -Liska Jacobs, author of The Pink Hotel

'A sly and delicate novel of secret lives on a small island' -Michael Scott Moore, author of bestselling The Desert and the Sea

'Becoming Delilah excavates without sentimentality the things women must do to survive in a world where "men make the rules"' -Gina Frangello, author of Blow Your House Down and A Life in Men

'Marchant reveals her keen insight into human behavior and life in a world of stacked decks' -Deanne Stillman, author of Twentynine Palms

'This book peels back layer after layer of Delilah's life in a way that is profoundly moving, unexpected and satisfying' -Mary Waters

'This is a book to be read slowly, savoring each subtle twist and turn of these small lives lived largely' -Tod Goldberg

ISBN: 9781914148262

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

224 pages