Hold Back the Night
13 February 2025Imprint: Manilla Press
Synopsis
'ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE' KATE SAWYER
'WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN AND LODGE ITSELF IN YOUR HEART' ERIN KELLY
'HEARTBREAKING AND LIFE-AFFIRMING' LOUISE HARE
'POWERFUL, TIMELY, IMPORTANT' BETH UNDERDOWN
"BEAUTIFUL, COMPLEX AND MOVING' PLATINUM MAGAZINE
'POWERFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING' RED
'I URGE EVERYONE TO READ THIS NOVEL' ERICKA WALLER
'THESE CHARACTERS WILL WRAP AROUND YOUR HEART' ARAMINTA HALL
From the Observer debut novelist of the year, comes a blistering, heart-wrenching...
'WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN AND LODGE ITSELF IN YOUR HEART' ERIN KELLY
'HEARTBREAKING AND LIFE-AFFIRMING' LOUISE HARE
'POWERFUL, TIMELY, IMPORTANT' BETH UNDERDOWN
"BEAUTIFUL, COMPLEX AND MOVING' PLATINUM MAGAZINE
'POWERFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING' RED
'I URGE EVERYONE TO READ THIS NOVEL' ERICKA WALLER
'THESE CHARACTERS WILL WRAP AROUND YOUR HEART' ARAMINTA HALL
From the Observer debut novelist of the year, comes a blistering, heart-wrenching...
Details
13 February 2025256 pages
9781804181416Imprint: Manilla Press
Reviews
Beautifully written and authentic, this novel shines an unflinching light on the darkest episodes of recent medical history. Hold Back The Night will get under your skin and lodge itself in your heartErin Kelly
Absolutely incredible. Intricate, heart-breaking, with perfect prose and characterisation. This is an author stepping into her power and it is a privilege to beholdKate Sawyer, Costa shortlisted author of The Stranding
Jessica Moor is a new young writer I believe inJeanette Winterson
Based on fact, this powerful, at times gut-wrenching, novel shines a light on the horrors of the UK medical abuse of gay men pre-1975 and their neglect during the AIDS crisis of the 1980sPeter Tatchell
