Enlightenment

Unlikely best friends Thomas and Grace are bound together by questions of faith, love and astronomy in this dazzling summer read from the #1 bestselling author.<BR>READERS HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH ENLIGHTENMENT:<BR> 'Vibrates with wonder'<BR> 'I absolutely loved it'<BR> 'Full of magic'<BR> 'Exquisite...strange and wonderful and unpredictable'<BR> 'This book tore my heart apart then put it back together again'<BR><BR>Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits - torn between their religion and their desire to explore the world. But their friendship is ruptured by the arrival of love.<BR><BR>Over the course of twenty years, Thomas and Grace will find their lives brought back into orbit as a devastating story of passion and scientific adventure unfolds and Aldleigh's unique mysteries are revealed.<BR><BR>'It's glorious... A beautiful, memorable novel' OBSERVER <BR><BR>'Sarah Perry just gets better and better' INDEPENDENT<BR><BR>'Absorbing... A romance worthy of Emily Brontë' WALL STREET JOURNAL<BR><BR>'Gorgeous...ethereal' GUARDIAN<BR><BR>'Sarah Perry creates worlds to disappear into... Beautiful, vivid' BBC<BR><BR>*LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024*<BR> *A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE GUARDIAN, DAILY TELEGRAPH AND DAILY MAIL*<BR>