‘Brilliant’ DAILY MAIL <\/b><\/p>\n
‘Moving . . . the characters are so vivid and memorable, I couldn’t stop thinking of them’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING <\/b><\/p>\n
‘An elegant, assured novel about family, friendships, secrets and the push-pull of home’ PRISCILLA MORRIS<\/b><\/p>\n
Jenny’s world is falling apart.<\/p>\n
Ravenspurn is falling into the sea. The little town is perched on a remote cliff, and every day, frequent storms are claiming more land, more homes and more livelihoods. <\/p>\n
The news of her father’s sudden death forces Jenny’s return to her hometown from London, but the ravaged landscape now feels like a foreign place. In a small town like Ravenspurn, the rifts between her and those she once knew are so deep they threaten to swallow her whole. <\/p>\n
Jenny is now responsible for her late father’s small pub, and its staff, Alex and Si – her former best friend and ex-boyfriend, now a couple. She’s stuck living in her childhood bedroom, orbiting awkwardly around her distant mother. Her boyfriend is still in London, separated by more than just distance. Each day that Jenny remains, the town seems to shrink around her, but she knows soon the pandemic will be over. Soon, she’ll be able to return to her real life.<\/p>\n
But the secrets and the unspoken regrets that have come to haunt Jenny are not so easily escaped. In the claustrophobia of Ravenspurn, where can she turn? <\/p>\n
A timely story of a home pushed to the breaking point; Things We Lose in Waves <\/i>explores how you keep afloat when your world is falling away from underneath your feet.<\/p>\n
‘Filled with complex characters and exquisite writing’ LOUISE HARE<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Emotionally rich . . . this is a beautiful, atmospheric work’ ELIZABETH MCKENZIE<\/b><\/p>\n
‘A writer to watch’ LAURIE PETROU<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jenny and the world are falling apart. Ravenspurn perches on a remote cliff. Worsening storms claim more land and more livelihoods each time they hit and pandemic imperils this isolated community even further. Jenny returns there from London to avoid being locked down in a tiny flatshare. She finds herself responsible for her late father’s pub and its staff, Alex and Si – her former best friend and boyfriend, now a couple. Alex is still furious about the hand life dealt her and her inability to escape her small town home, while Si is trying to enjoy a life that’s getting more challenging by the year. Jenny’s boyfriend Ben is balancing a vulnerable mother with his civic duty to protest and his long distance relationship with Jenny. Everyone is trying to keep their family together as the world falls away from under them, and secrets are revealed that make this an impossibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[68],"product_tag":[26844,26896,27051],"class_list":["post-105881","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-general-fiction","product_tag-family-life-fiction","product_tag-fiction-general-literary","product_tag-north-north-east-england","pa_book_author-ayrton-lucy","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","pa_imprint-renegade-books","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8382","pa_publisher-renegade-books","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n