The Loss Adjustor [Paperback]

'Campbell renders her narrator's inner voice in graceful prose.' --Independent on Sunday

'Subtle and haunting... Campbell writes beautifully, drawing you into Caro's world' --Daily Mail

'Campbell's style is lyrical, revealing sharp, important truths with mesmerising intensity' Daily Mail

Every Sunday, Caro finds herself back in the place where it all began, lured by memory, guilt and all the losses she cannot reconcile. Constantly dwelling on the past, she immerses herself in work, where long hours insulate her from the world. For Caro, the present is two dimensional: it is history that is loaded with colour and scent. Sometimes she tries to get some perspective on those years, going over that terrible summer twenty years ago, when her band of three inseparable friends disintegrated forever. Estelle died two weeks after her fifteenth birthday. It was sudden, violent, shocking. Afterwards, Cormac left and never returned. Now she waits for release, which comes in the form of an unlikely alliance. Aifric Campbell's second novel is filled with longing - for childhood and the liberating power of friendship.

'Luminous ... a book that demands to be taken seriously' Irish Times Caro is stuck in the past, forever reliving the summer twenty years ago when her band of three inseparable friends disintegrated forever. Estelle died two weeks after her fifteenth birthday.Afterwards, Cormac left and never returned. Now she is grown up, but her life hasn't moved on. For Caro, the present is two dimensional: it is history that is loaded with colour and scent. Waiting for release from the spell of the past, she discovers an unlikely alliance. Aifric Campbell's second novel is filled with longing - for childhood and the liberating power of friendship. 'Wonderful' Daisy Goodwin 'Written with seriousness, lightness, intelligence and insight, but most of all with great beauty and presence' Joseph O'Connor 'Evocative ... thought-provoking' Scotsman 'A mesmerising study of a woman clinging to the knotted cord of adolescence' Guardian 'Rich with possibility, hope and reconciliation' Daily Mail 'Powerful and thought-provoking ... elegant and evocative' Sunday Business Post

Aifric Campbell was born in Ireland. She moved to Sweden where she completed a Linguistics degree and lectured in semantics. She spent thirteen years as an investment banker in London before leaving to study psychotherapy and creative writing, most recently at the University of East Anglia. She now lives in Sussex with her husband and son. Her first novel, The Semantics of Murder, is also published by Serpent's Tail.