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Maggie O'Farrell's second novel is an intense, unnerving and passionate story of betrayal, loss and love, with all the frisson and psychological intensity of Rebecca. When Lily moves into Marcus's flat and plunges headlong into a relationship, she must contend not merely with the disapproval of flatmate Aidan, but with a more intangible, hostile presence. Could it be that Sinead, Marcus's ex, is trying to communicate with her? When Lily begins to 'see' Sinead, first about the flat, and then on the streets of London, she must question not merely her sanity, but whether the man she loves is someone she can, or indeed ought, to live with at all.
About the Author
Maggie O'Farrell is the author of six novels, 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, and Instructions For A Heatwave, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award. She lives in Edinburgh.
About the Author
Maggie O'Farrell is the author of six novels, 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, and Instructions For A Heatwave, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award. She lives in Edinburgh.
Industry Reviews
A quietly dramatic dissection of the way past loves can haunt the present - Daily Telegraph...an emotional whirlwind, all passionate yearnings, raw pain and messy truths; powerful in nailing the complications of love without missing it out the power of the emotions involved - ScotsmanThis Rebecca-esque ghost story puts at its heart the gnawing insecurities that any act of intimacy soon invites - IndependentO'Farrell's writing has a crystalline precision of idiom - there isn't one image that fails to ignite recognition - Independent on SundayO'Farrell has honourably equalled the success of her first novel, After You'd Gone, with a story that is certainly as absorbing - and just as beautifully written - Sunday Express
ISBN: 9780747268178
ISBN-10: 0747268177
Published: 13th February 2003
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 336
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Headline
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 2.1 x 13 x 19.7
Weight (kg): 0.25
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