Name: The Weight of Loss par Sally Oliver
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The Weight of Loss Résumé

The Weight of Loss Sally Oliver

'Daring, unsettling and original, The Weight of Loss is a debut to savour.' Victoria Gosling, author of Before the Ruins

A visit to a health retreat takes a dark turn in this electrifying debut

Marianne is grieving. Still reeling from the loss of her sister, she wakes up one day to discover a thick, black hair protruding from her spine. Her doctor assures her that the inexplicable growth is a physical reaction to grief. Forced to admit that she isn't coping, Marianne accepts the offer of a quiet recovery at Nede, a remote health retreat in the Welsh countryside.

But all is not as it seems at Nede, and Marianne feels herself starting to lose control: of her body, her mind, and her memories. Why are her fellow patients so unwilling to talk? Can she trust the staff who claim to be so keen to help her?

The escape she has craved for so long might finally be possible. But it will come at a terrible price.

The Weight of Loss is a spine-tingling debut about grief and obsession, with a shocking twist of an ending that will leave your heart pounding.

The Weight of Loss Avis

'I love Sally Oliver's writing. The plot of The Weight of Loss was wonderfully intriguing; but it was the emotion in the story and the quality of the writing that sang out to me. I found the whole thing addictive.'

-- Helen Fisher, author of Space Hopper

'Daring, unsettling and original, The Weight of Loss is a debut to savour. Sally Oliver writes with startling intensity.'

-- Victoria Gosling, author of Before the Ruins

'Intelligent, addicting, and unsettling. Sally Oliver is a thoughtful, gorgeous writer, and this layered exploration of trauma, family, and selfhood will linger.'

-- Julia Fine, author of What Should Be Wild

'A deeply unsettling story, told at a brilliantly controlled pace and rendered in luminous prose. It's like the love child of early Ian McEwan and Nicola Barker.'

-- Ali Millar, author of The Last Days

'An affecting portrait of a young life shaped by grief, set against an unnerving, surreal medical backdrop, somewhere between My Year of Rest and Relaxation and A Cure for Wellness... A remarkable, thought-provoking, vivid book.'

-- Will Wiles, author of Plume

'The Weight of Loss is a beautifully written and intensely felt novel. Its subject matter - grief and mortality - is timeless, but its method, a startling combination of emotional realism and gothic horror, feels brand new.'

-- Ian McGuire, author of The Abstainer

À propos de Sally Oliver

Sally Oliver earned a Master's degree in English Literature at Lancaster University before moving to London to begin her career in publishing. She now works at the literary agency Greene & Heaton. The Weight of Loss is her debut novel.

Informations supplémentaires

Sku

GOR012271837

ISBN 13

9780861541126

ISBN 10

086154112X

Titre

The Weight of Loss Sally Oliver

Auteur

Sally Oliver

État

Occasion - Très bon état

Relié

Éditeur

Oneworld Publications

Année de publication

20220602

Nombre de pages

320

Prix

N/A

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