My novel The Mending Room will be published by Salt on 18 January 2027.
It’s Dublin, January 1943. Annie tends her fires, cycles to her allotment and waits. Her son Alec left for Burma six years ago to work on a tea plantation, and the country he went to has since been swallowed by war. Through letters from Alec and his cousin Rose, a painter and naturalist, the story moves from one woman’s quiet household to the sweep of two continents. It’s a book about long marriages, old friendships and the habits of care that outlast happiness.
You can pre-order now from your local bookshop, or from Salt:
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/the-mending-room-9781784634124