An unforgettable portrait of an Irish family in crisis in the legendary heatwave of 1976
Maggie O'Farrell is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both Sunday Times no. 1 bestsellers. Her novels include AFTER YOU'D GONE, MY LOVER'S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize. She is also the author of two books for children, WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO and THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK. She lives in Edinburgh.
The Riordans will stay in your mind long after you finish this book. They're funny, infuriating and impossible not to love. They feel like family - Irish TimesMy favourite kind of novel: big-hearted, psychologically complex and utterly gripping - Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, BernadetteUnputdownable - Joanna Briscoe, GuardianInstantly appealing...magical - Daily TelegraphMasterful...holds you on an exquisite knife-edge - Marie ClaireAn author at the top of her game - Sunday ExpressO'Farrell's language is lissom, airborne, mostly seamless, her characters flawed, contradictory, aggravating and instantly knowable. This is a deceptively easy, effortlessly true-feeling novel; a total delight - MetroA quite wonderful novel...at once enthralling, page turning and atmospheric - Irish Examiner
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