From the author of The Gustav Sonata
Today is Jack Sadler's birthday. Or is it? He's not sure, he doesn't really care. It might be his last day or the beginning of a new chapter in his life. He must find the key to his old room. He knows the truth about his past lies there and somehow he must get in and confront it.
Over a million Rose Tremain books sold
'A writer of exceptional talent ... Tremain is a writer who understands every emotion' Independent I
'There are few writers out there with the dexterity or emotional intelligence to rival that of the great Rose Tremain' Irish Times
'Tremain has the painterly genius of an Old Master, and she uses it to stunning effect' The Times
'Rose Tremain is one of the very finest British novelists' Salman Rushdie
'Tremain is a writer of exemplary vision and particularity. The fictional world is rendered with extraordinary vividness' Marcel Theroux, Guardian
Author Biography
Rose Tremain's bestselling novels have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Sacred Country); Restoration was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and was appointed Chancellor of the University of East Anglia in 2013. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes. www.rosetremain.co.uk
