Fülszöveg
'Had me so gripped I had to feign illness in order, to devote myself to it endrely' !Sffil^BB^^
Alice Raikes boards a train at King's Cross to visit her sisters in Scodand. Hours later, she steps into the traffic on a busy London road and is taken to hospital in a coma.
Who or what did she see in Edinburgh that made her return so suddenly? Was the accident a suicide attempt? And what exactly do her family, waiting at her bedside, have to hide?
Sliding between different levels of consciousness, Alice listens to the conversations around her, and begins sifting through recollections of her past, and of a recently curtailed love affair.
'Unputdownable, beautifully written a joy to savour'
Michele Roberts, INDEPENDENT Books of the Year
I'Such an accomplished performance',.^. V
Shena Mackay, daily telegrap~h
'O'Farrell is a born novelist A/ier You'd Gone is gripping, delivered with clarity, care, generq^ty. supremely moving'
Ali Smith7sCOTL'ANDTON SUNDAY
'Incredibly affecting...
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Fülszöveg
'Had me so gripped I had to feign illness in order, to devote myself to it endrely' !Sffil^BB^^
Alice Raikes boards a train at King's Cross to visit her sisters in Scodand. Hours later, she steps into the traffic on a busy London road and is taken to hospital in a coma.
Who or what did she see in Edinburgh that made her return so suddenly? Was the accident a suicide attempt? And what exactly do her family, waiting at her bedside, have to hide?
Sliding between different levels of consciousness, Alice listens to the conversations around her, and begins sifting through recollections of her past, and of a recently curtailed love affair.
'Unputdownable, beautifully written a joy to savour'
Michele Roberts, INDEPENDENT Books of the Year
I'Such an accomplished performance',.^. V
Shena Mackay, daily telegrap~h
'O'Farrell is a born novelist A/ier You'd Gone is gripping, delivered with clarity, care, generq^ty. supremely moving'
Ali Smith7sCOTL'ANDTON SUNDAY
'Incredibly affecting a devastating
'This tense, involving and disturbing read kept me half the night, unable to put it downj
'A writer of rare insight and intellect with a feel for language that renders her love story both tender and tragic')
Vissza