The First Time Lauren Pailing Died

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*** The captivating new novel from Alyson Rudd Eleven Lines to Somewhere is available to pre-order now!***

STYLISH, ALLURING, UTTERLY GRIPPING Lisa OKelly, Observer

LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER READ BEFORE Red
Lauren Pailing is born in the sixties, and a child of the seventies. She is thirteen years old the first time she dies.

Lauren Pailing is a teenager in the eighties, becomes a Londoner in the nineties. And each time she dies, new lives begin for the people who loved her while Lauren enters a brand new life, too.

But in each of Laurens lives, a man called Peter Stanning disappears. And, in each of her lives, Lauren sets out to find him.

And so it is that every ending is also a beginning. And so it is that, with each new beginning, Peter Stanning inches closer to finally being found

Perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson and Maggie OFarrell, The First Time Lauren Pailing Died is a book about loss, grief and how, despite it not always feeling that way, every ending marks the start of something new.

Reviews

A stylish time-slip story la Sliding Doors Guardian (hottest-tipped debuts of 2019)

Written with a tender touch, its an impressive debut Womans Own

Assured an intriguing emotionally charged Daily Mail

A page turner of a debut Grazia

Alyson Rudd explores love and loss with nuance i newspaper

Stylish, alluring, utterly gripping. An intricate, elegantly written time-slip tale that keeps you guessing until the last page. Lisa OKelly, Observer

[A] sweetly sad study of grief, death and loss Irish Independent

Stunning, moving and very clever Mark Lawson

Beautiful, extremely moving and expertly done, with a lightness of touch that belies the complexity behind the plotting. I loved it (and I cried several times!) Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange

Intriguing an impressive debut Woman

A mystery, a romance, a time-slip. But most of all it is a delight Lauren is a constant character, captivating our hearts My Weekly

Sliding Doors meets The Lovely Bones The Daily Record

A wonderful novel. The story weaves in and out of the timelines effortlesslybrilliantly paced Katie S (Netgalley)

A very clever book and one which I enjoyed very much Debra F (Netgalley)

Where the novel really succeeds is in the delineation of love and loss, of growing and diminishing, of grief and mourning. The way in which [Alyson Rudd] conveys difficult emotions through dialogue is the real highlight of this story Sarah D (Netgalley)

From the opening pages, the tale shimmers with grief, loss and enough period detail to lend authenticity to what is, after all, a slightly incredible (in the truest sense) story. Claims of echoes of Kate Atkinson and Maggie O'Farrell are entirely justified. Tender, evocative, affecting and utterly gorgeous Ophelia S (Netgalley)

Thought-provoking and beautifully written. I loved it Sheri K (Netgalley)

Author Bio

Alyson Rudd was born in Liverpool, raised in West Lancashire and educated at the London School of Economics. She is a sports journalist at The Times and lives in South West London. She has written two works of non-fiction. The First Time Lauren Pailing Died is her first novel.