Western Lane
11 May 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024
Longlisted for the William Hill Award 2023
A BBC Arts & The Reading Agency's Big Sporting Read selection
Selected by Dua Lipa as one of Service95's 'Books of the Year'
'A beautiful and evocative novel about grief, about growing up, about losing and winning. The people and places in this book...
Details
11 May 2023176 pages
9781529094626Imprint: Picador
Reviews
'Western Lane is a beautiful and evocative novel about grief, about growing up, about losing and winning. The people and places in this book will stay with me for a long time.'Sally Rooney
A slim, subtle debut novel of grief and growing up that conjures a powerful panoply of emotionsThe Economist, 'The Best Books of 2023'
Stunning . . . Spare, tender, brilliantly achieved . . . A novel that unfolds in silences . . . and dares to leave much unsaid.The Guardian
A deeply evocative debut about a family grappling with grief, conveyed through crystalline languageThe Judges of the Booker Prize
