Ripeness
The perfect book club summer read from the Sunday Times bestselling author.<BR><BR>In 1960s Italy, a family secret rips a teenage girl's world apart, only for her to discover its true meaning decades later.<BR><BR>'Moss makes every moment count' - The Sunday Times<BR>'A book of lasting pleasures' - Eleanor Catton, Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries<BR>'Powerful and beautifully written' - The Guardian<BR>'Endlessly intriguing' - The Observer<BR><BR>Just out of school and teetering on the brink of adulthood, Edith is sent alone to rural Italy. Her task is simple: support her sister Lydia, a brilliant but brittle ballet dancer, through the final weeks of her pregnancy. Once the baby is born, she is to make a phone call that will change all of their lives forever.<BR><BR>Decades later, Edith is living a contented life in Ireland, happily divorced and finally free. But with the arrival of an unexpected message, Edith must face the truth of that long-ago summer, and the secret she has carried for a lifetime.<BR><BR>'Tender and rueful' - Emma Donoghue, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Room<BR>'A delicious novel' - Literary Review<BR>'Sublime . . . glorious' - Vogue<BR>'Luminous' - Financial Times<BR>'Beautifully crafted . . . absorbing and moving' - Daily Mail
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