Explores the many ways that bereaved families find to express their loss and offers creative ways to survive the grief.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITING ASSOCIATION GOLD CROWN AWARDBased on a remarkable and little-known true story. Martinique, 1765, and brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master with a mission.
Back in 1888, the young, art-loving Harriet arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a... Læs mere
Bessy is surely one of the most striking characters in recent fiction: cynical, disruptive, tender and very, very funny.' Independent on SundayShortlisted for the Orange PrizeScotland, 1863.