** Longlisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize **

‘Beautifully written and utterly vital’ ― iPaper

‘What a book . . . The perfect book’ ― Chris Evans on Virgin Radio

‘Rachel Clarke's finest book yet’ ― Financial Times

‘As tense and nerve-racking as any thriller’― Mail on Sunday

‘Remarkable… Clarke’s evocative, empathetic writing makes you catch your breath.’ ― Guardian

‘This is THE MOST BEAUTIFUL and riveting book: written with such humanity, empathy and knowledge, such tact and drama and eloquence. Vital reading, lifelong revelation’ ― Laura Cumming

‘Clarke could not have rendered this story more tenderly.’ ―   The Times

‘An extraordinary story, beautifully told’ ― Adam Kay

‘Remarkable’ ― Cosmopolitan

‘The best narrative non-fiction I've read in years.’ ― Christie Watson

‘Profoundly moving and at the same time wildly inspiring’ ― Rob Delaney

Available for purchase here.