Review
'My novel of the year ... an extraordinarily lyrical, moving, funny evocation of a Welsh mining town ... A terrific achievement' ----A.N. Wilson, Financial Times Book of the Year
'Spellbinding' ----Guardian
'Gebbie's prose has something of the musical rhythm and cadence of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood ... a hypnotic debut' ----Independent
'A striking first novel, poetic in style and funny ... reminiscent of Dylan Thomas at his best' ----Guardian, Readers' Books of the Year
`Tender and gripping - a brilliantly written epic' ----Maggie Gee
`Compulsively readable. She writes with such warmth and kindness and her poetic writing is meticulous in its apt and close observation' ----Mari Strachan, author of The Earth Hums in B Flat
'Spellbinding' ----Guardian
'Gebbie's prose has something of the musical rhythm and cadence of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood ... a hypnotic debut' ----Independent
'A striking first novel, poetic in style and funny ... reminiscent of Dylan Thomas at his best' ----Guardian, Readers' Books of the Year
`Tender and gripping - a brilliantly written epic' ----Maggie Gee
`Compulsively readable. She writes with such warmth and kindness and her poetic writing is meticulous in its apt and close observation' ----Mari Strachan, author of The Earth Hums in B Flat
Review
My novel of the year ... an extraordinarily lyrical, moving, funny evocation of a Welsh mining town ... A terrific achievement -- A.N. Wilson Financial Times Book of the Year Spellbinding Guardian Gebbie's prose has something of the musical rhythm and cadence of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood ... a hypnotic debut Independent A striking first novel, poetic in style and funny ... reminiscent of Dylan Thomas at his best -- Readers' Books Of The Year Guardian 'Tender and gripping - a brilliantly written epic' Maggie Gee 'Compulsively readable. She writes with such warmth and kindness and her poetic writing is meticulous in its apt and close observation' Mari Strachan, author of The Earth Hums in B Flat
