Signs of Life
By (Author) Anna Raverat
Pan Macmillan
Picador
1st March 2013
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Long-listed for Desmond Elliott Prize 2013 (UK)
Paperback
256
Width 129mm, Height 199mm, Spine 19mm
210g
A bold psychological debut from a captivating voice. Ten years ago, Rachel had an affair. It left her life in pieces. Now, writing at her window, she tries to put those pieces together again. She has her memories, recollections of dreams, and her old yellow notebook. More than anything, she wants to be honest. Rachel knows that her memory is patchy and her notebook incomplete. But there is something else. Something terrible happened to her lover. Her account is hypnotic, delicate, disquieting and bold. But is she telling us the truth
A beautifully written psychological study, cleverly told Daily Mail
Compelling . . . its haunting tone and sinister implications, about reliability of memory and the fatally destructive impact one action can have, is both chilling and deeply affecting Easy Living
Will have you reading till 3 a.m. Psychologies
Classy and accomplished Guardian
Compelling, gritty and intelligent Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Anna Raverat grew up in North Yorkshire and now lives in London with her three children. Signs of Life is her first book.