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    This Family: A sweeping novel of families and secrets from the Costa-shortlisted author of The Stranding

    Kate Sawyer

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    READERS LOVE THIS FAMILY:

    'The characters were believable, endearing and the story of a true-to-life dysfunctional family' ?????

    'Takes us on a journey that is both complex and engaging. I enjoyed it immensely' ?????

    'All the characters are distinct, sensitively depicted and feel so very real' ?????

    'This novel is phenomenal' ?????

    'Intriguing, gripping, moving' MARIAN KEYES'A multi-layered family drama that sings with emotion' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

    'A smart yet tender page-turner' ERIN KELLYMary has raised a family in this house. She's watched her daughters play and laugh and bicker in its rooms. And now, on a late summer's day, she's getting married here . . . and has summoned her fractured family to celebrate.

    In the place that's been a sanctuary for some and a battleground for others, the long-awaited reunion unfolds. But as each guest's memories, secrets and tensions rise to the surface, can the festivities help mend broken bonds and heal bruised hearts, or are some things impossible to forgive - even when it's family?

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    The Stranding
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    The Stranding

    Praise for This Family: A sweeping novel of families and secrets from the Costa-shortlisted author of The Stranding

    • Friendship, rivalry, infidelity and the love that binds them all together are unpacked in this ambitious, immersive novel - Red MagazineA hugely atmospheric, multi-layered family drama that sings with emotion - Good Housekeeping, *Book of the Month*Taking place over a single summer's day and told by a tapestry of characters, here is a vivid, absorbing portrait of a fractured family who are drawn back together by a wedding. A domestic saga at its finest - inews

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    Kate Sawyer

    Kate Sawyer

    Kate Sawyer worked as an actor and producer, and wrote several short films before turning her hand to fiction. Her debut novel, The Stranding, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, won the East Anglian fiction prize, was adapted for BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime and is being developed for TV by Fremantle and Afua Hirsch's production company Born In Me.

    Kate is the host of Novel Experience, a weekly podcast where she talks to authors about their writing practices and the experiences that brought them to, through and beyond publication.

    After twenty years living in London, she recently returned to her native East Anglia, where, as a solo mother by choice, she lives with her young daughter.

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