A Private Man

A forbidden slow-burn love story that will take your breath away<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION <BR><BR>'If I had to pick a favourite from the year so far, it would be this' - Pandora Sykes <BR>'Lush, evocative and sexy' - The Sunday Times<BR>'A thrilling love story of intellect and passion' - The Observer<BR>'Truly outstanding: clever, passionate and as clean as a bone' - Melissa Harrison<BR>'A heady brew . . . Pulsing with sensuality' - Daily Mail<BR>'I couldn't put it down' - Independent<BR><BR>Rome, 1953. David is young, handsome, charismatic and sworn to celibacy. He is freshly ordained and about to return to England to begin life as a priest. Devotion to God is all he's ever known.<BR><BR>In London, Margaret is entangled in an impossible love affair. Committed to living on her own terms without sacrificing her faith, she becomes drawn to a women's movement challenging the archaic rules of the Church.<BR><BR>When they are thrown together in David's countryside parish, something ignites in each of them, and so begins a decades-long secret with consequences that will reverberate throughout the generations.<BR><BR>READERS LOVE A PRIVATE MAN<BR>'I just love everything about this book' *****<BR>'Lives and breathes along with you as you read' *****<BR>'Radiating warmth, tinged by inevitable sadness. I loved it' *****<BR>'Beautifully written and deeply moving' *****<BR>'A work of quiet power that leaves you bereft at its end' *****<BR>