On Canaan's Side

Paperback edition of the latest novel from the Costa Prize winning author of }The Secret Scripture{. Spanning a whole life time, it's narrated by Lily Bere as she mourns the loss of her grandson and looks back at her early life in Dublin and her move to the new world of America. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. 'A work of lyrical beauty, a big-hearted story of a woman at the end of her long and difficult life.' Amy Raphael, }The Times{