Glaister is a sensitive but unflinching writer who knows exactly how to beguile the reader into turning the pages.
-- Hilary Mantel
'Glaister is an experienced novelist, and this is a consummate and heart-wringing performance.'
* The Sunday Times *
'Combines psychological insight with an immersive sense of time and place. In short, she's the perfect lockdown novelist so if you've yet to discover her, now's the ideal time.'
* Metro *
'Glaister's novels always appear to be as effortless for her to write as they for us to read.'
* The Times *
'Glaister has the uncomfortable knack of putting her finger on things we most fear, of exposing the darkness within.'
* Independent on Sunday *
'Elegant and moving'
* Marc's books blog *
A sensitive, unsettling tale of a post-First World War romance.
* The Independent *
A sensitive and compelling drama.
* Sunday People *
Glaister's sense of place and ear for dialogue are brilliantly convincing.
-- Ruth Thomas
Blasted Things is a restrained, elegant, deeply compassionate novel.
-- John Burnside
One of the most compelling novels I have read all year.
-- Liz Jensen
A moody, mesmerizing tale of a man and a woman who've returned to Suffolk after surviving the atrocities of the Great War.
* East Anglian Daily Times *
Glaister is acute in her exploration and depiction of family and social discord.
-- Allan Massie * The Scotsman *