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The Fell
Signed by the AuthorAcclaimed author of `Summerwater` and `Ghost Wall`, Sarah Moss is back with a sharply observed and darkly funny novel for our times.”A tense page turner… I gulped `The Fell` down in one sitting” Emma Donoghue”Gripping, thoughtful and revelatory” Paula Hawkins”This slim, intense masterpiece is one of my best books of the year” Rachel Joyce At dusk on a November evening in 2020 a woman slips out of her garden gate and turns up the hill. Kate is in the middle of a two-week quarantine period, but she just can`t take it any more – the closeness of the air in her small house, the confinement. And anyway, the moor will be deserted at this time. Nobody need ever know.But Kate`s neighbour Alice sees her leaving and Matt, Kate`s son, soon realises she`s missing. And Kate, who planned only a quick solitary walk – a breath of open air – falls and badly injures herself. What began as a furtive walk has turned into a mountain rescue operation…Unbearably suspenseful, witty and wise, `The Fell` asks probing questions about the place the world has become since March 2020, and the place it was before. This novel is a story about compassion and kindness and what we must do to survive, and it will move you to tears.