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**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO FOUR**
Set in the frozen north of Canada in 1972, this is a novel of painful histories and the moments in life when we can change for the better.
Clara‘s rebellious older sister is missing. Grief-stricken and bewildered, she yearns to uncover the truth about what happened.
Liam, newly divorced and newly unemployed, moves into the house next door and within hours gets a visit from the police.
Elizabeth is thinking about a crime committed thirty years ago, one that had tragic consequences for two families. She desperately wants to make amends before she dies.
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE**
‘I’ve been telling everyone I know about Mary Lawson . . . Each of her novels is just a marvel’ Anne Tyler
‘Close to perfection’ The Times
‘Exquisitely poignant’ Liane Moriarty
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It's already one of my favourite books of the year
Rachel Joyce
She has the God-given ability to convey the complexities of human nature in everyday language… Like a magician, Lawson hides her technique, and makes it all seem as natural as breathing
Mail on Sunday – Craig Brown
A contemplative story about loss and regret, a slow burn of a read with a fire at its heart
Irish Times – John Boyne
Lawson's writing is such that it appears effortless but, as all the strands come together to create a rich and satisfying tapestry, her genius for storytelling becomes apparent
Irish Independent
The doubts, difficulties and uncertainties of the human condition are carefully examined in a way that is both heartbreaking and joyful
Scotsman
Subtle and darkly funny, this tender novel unspools the interconnected lives of her beautifully drawn characters
Daily Express
An absorbing novel
Sunday Express
Lawson has carved out a world in Northern Ontario that's vividly, absorbingly real… Carries you along from midnight to dawn, oblivious of the time
Literary Review
A Town Called Solace keeps you breathless with anxiety, then relief and finally even joy
Observer – Ferdinand Mount
Close to perfection
The Times
