Signs for Lost Children

Description

In this companion novel to Bodies of Light, Ally's husband Tom leaves, onlyweeks into their marriage, to build lighthouses in Japan. Ally, one of Britain'sfirst female doctors, takes work at an asylum in Truro. With only letters sentacross the ocean to sustain them, and with Ally now battling her old demonsalone, will their marriage survive? 'A compelling, often harrowing, occasionally heartbreaking read' - Guardian

SARAH MOSS is the author of eight novels, including Ghost Wall and The Tidal Zone. Her account of her time in Iceland, Names for the Sea, was shortlisted for the 2013 RSL Ondaatje Prize and she has three times been shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.

'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 ... 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