We That Are Left

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A heartbreakingly beautiful novel about love and loss, We That Are Left explores the devastating effect of the First World War and the choices a family must make when all the conditions and convictions upon which they have constructed their lives have been shattered. It is 1910 and to ten-year-old Oskar Grunewald, the Melville family is impossibly, incomprehensibly glamorous. Born into privilege, their certainties are as unshakeable as the walls of their Victorian castle. It is a world to which Oskar, mathematics prodigy and son of a penniless German composer, has no wish to belong. But when Theo Melville is killed in the Great War, shattering his family's lives, Oskar finds himself drawn reluctantly into the gaping hole his death has left behind. As Theo's two sisters struggle to forge their paths in a world that no longer plays by the old rules, Oskar's life becomes entwined with theirs in a way that will change all of their futures.

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A lavishly detailed historical novel that doesn't just recreate the past but alters your perception of it * New York Times *
With splendid breadth and depth, We That Are Left accommodates an era's worth of historical reverberations within the confines of its highly polished rooms * Washington Post *
Clare Clark is one of those writers who can see into the past and help us feel its texture -- Hilary Mantel
Elegiac and elegantly written -- Patricia Nicol * Sunday Times *
A wonderful, engrossing book -- Violet Henderson * Vogue *
Some novels are like languishing in an exquisitely scented bath. This is one of them -- Claire Allfree * Daily Mail *
If you love Elizabeth Jane Howards Cazalet Chronicles, this rich, involving storywill appeal -- Fanny Blake * Woman and Home *
A good well-written book that I can recommend to others * Mature Times *
Luciously told novel * Metro *
A wonderfully atmospheric historical novel Brilliant * Red *

Author Bio

Clare Clark's critically acclaimed novels include The Great Stink and Savage Lands, both longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She is a regular contributor to the Guardian and writes for numerous other publications, both in the UK and the USA. She lives and works in London.