All of You Every Single One

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'The exquisite story of two women trying to make a life together in wartime Austria, and all the love, friendship and danger that implies.' - Sophie Ward

All of You Every Single One is an epic novel about family, freedom and how true love might survive impossible odds.

When Julia flees her unhappy marriage for the handsome tailor Eve Perret, she expects her life from now on will be a challenge, not least because the year is 1911. They leave everything behind to settle in Vienna, but their happiness is increasingly diminished by Julia's longing for a child.

Ada Bauer's wealthy industrialist family have sent her to Dr Freud in the hope that he can fix her mutism and do so without a scandal. But help will soon come for Ada from an unexpected quarter and change many lives irrevocably.

'There's a touch of Angela Carter about Beatrice Hitchman's beguiling debut - a sly, erotic thriller concerned with doubleness and duplicity.' - Guardian

Reviews

'A gorgeous trip across time and identity, through war and fascism, to show how people make new families and find ways to love each other.' - Kate Pullinger

'For all its big themes, this novel never stops being tender. Hitchman has beautifully captured the ebb and flow of long-term relationships, from first lust, to the pathos of familiarity ... gorgeously written on every single page.' - Katie Ward, author of Girl Reading

'The story flows with epic majesty... a rich and dynamic narrative expertly told; authentic characters skilfully shaped with genuine empathy; and beautifully crafted historical descriptions written with superb grace.' - Laura Carlin, author of Requiem for a Knave

'With the delicacy and beauty of Flaubert, Hitchman tells the exquisite story of two women trying to make a life together in wartime Austria, and all the love, friendship and danger that implies.' - Sophie Ward

'Praise for Petite Mort: 'Sumptuously set, elegantly written, evocative and quietly subversive'' - Stella Duffy

'The atmosphere is rich with sumptuous details ... striking ... This clever debut indicates a bright future for its author.' - Independent

'An astonishingly assured debut novel ... an expertly crafted story.' - The Irish Times

'There's a touch of Angela Carter about Beatrice Hitchman's beguiling debut - a sly, erotic thriller concerned with doubleness and duplicity.' - Guardian

'An impressive and enjoyable debut: nimble, deft and wrapped luxuriously in the velveteen glamour of the movies.' - FT

Author Bio

Beatrice Hitchman is an author and academic. Her first novel Petite Mort was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Polari Prize, the HWA Debut Prize and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Prize. She currently works as a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton.