Moon Road

A mesmeric portrait of a decades-long marriage, wrapped in a powerful family mystery - for fans of ELIZABETH STROUT and BARBARA KINGSOLVER'A darker, gruffer Elizabeth Strout' The Times'Sarah Leipciger is a consummate storyteller' Rachel Joyce'Tough, tender, wonderful' Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre'A sucker-punch of a novel' Grazia____________________________Kathleen and Yannick have not spoken for nineteen years, not since what happened with their daughter.Now, there's unexpected news from the other side of the country, and the call for a road trip they can only make together.As they rattle for hundreds of miles in a pick-up, through forests, over mountains and into service stations, a heartbreaking history reveals itself: of fierce love, complicated ex-wives and headstrong children, and of a unique bond that never really went away.As they drive, argue, gossip and reminisce, an unexpected future begins to emerge.Gripping, emotional, witty: MOON ROAD captures the wonder and grief of watching our children grow up; of recovering from long buried pain, and rediscovering those closest to us when we think we know all there is to know._______EVERYONE IS GRIPPED BY MOON ROAD:'Delicately observed, forceful and moving' Lucy Atkins'Beautifully imagined. Simply gorgeous' Woman & Home'A truly divine book' Prima book of the month'Generously alive' FRANCIS SPUFFORD'Fierce, tragic, lyrical. One of my books of the year' CLAIRE FULLER'This book will win a prize' READER