_______________ ‘An epic of love and loss with an intriguing twist ... Tender, romantic and surprising' - The Times ‘She is a poet as well as a novelist, and excels at depicting the grandeur of the Canadian wilderness, the harshness of the winters, the relief of the thaw' - Daily Telegraph ‘Urquhart is the most lyrical of writers, handling exuberance and meditation with equal grace' - Sunday Times _______________ A sweeping Canadian epic from the Booker-longlisted author of The Stone Carvers Jerome is a young earth-artist spending a few months on an island in Lake Ontario. But his idyll is shattered when he discovers a man frozen in the ice near the shore. One year later Sylvia, the dead man's lover, appears at his studio driven by the need to recount her story to the stranger who discovered him. A tender and haunting story unfolds which stretches long and wide, a story that begins with Sylvia's childhood and mysterious illness and ends with her lover's tragic death. This deeply evocative and romantic novel is about the fragility of love and memory, and the redemptive power of stories.

‘An epic of love and loss with an intriguing twist ... Tender, romantic and surprising' * The Times *
‘Urquhart is the most lyrical of writers, handling exuberance and meditation with equal grace' * Sunday Times *
‘She is a poet as well as a novelist, and excels at depicting the grandeur of the Canadian wilderness, the harshness of the winters, the relief of the thaw' * Daily Telegraph *
‘A brilliantly multi-layered narrative that delves deeply into the meaning of memory' * Julie Wheelwright, Daily Express *

Jane Urquhart is the author of five previous novels including Changing Heaven, Away (shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award) and The Stone Carvers (longlisted for the Booker Prize). She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2005. Jane Urquhart lives in Ontario, Canada.