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Brought to you by Penguin.LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021Clara''s sister is missing. Angry, rebellious Rose, had a row with their mother, stormed out of the house and simply disappeared. Eight-year-old Clara, isolated by her distraught parents'' efforts to protect her from the truth, is grief-stricken and bewildered.Liam Kane, newly divorced, newly unemployed, newly arrived in this small northern town, moves into the house next door, a house left to him by an old woman he can barely remember and within hours gets a visit from the police. It seems he''s suspected of a crime.At the end of her life Elizabeth Orchard is thinking about a crime too, one committed thirty years ago that had tragic consequences for two families and in particular for one small child. She desperately wants to make amends before she dies. Set in Northern Ontario in 1972, A Town Called Solace explores the relationships of these three people brought together by fate and the mistakes of the past. By turns gripping and darkly funny, it uncovers the layers of grief and remorse and love that connect us, but shows that sometimes a new life is possible.''I''ve been trying to tell everyone I know about Mary Lawson... Each one of her novels is just a marvel'' ANNE TYLER© Mary Lawson 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Brought to you by Penguin.Discover this powerful novel about a family falling apart, from the Booker Longlisted author of A TOWN CALLED SOLACETwenty-one-year-old Megan Cartwright has never been outside the small town she was born in but one winter''s day in 1966 she leaves everything behind and sets out for London. Ahead of her is a glittering new life, just waiting for her to claim it.But left behind, her family begins to unravel. Disturbing letters from home begin to arrive and torn between her independence and family ties, Megan must make an impossible choice.''Tender and surprising... A vivid and evocative tale'' New York Times''Every bit as good as I expected. A heart-aching and beautifully written story of a family falling apart'' Woman and Home© Mary Lawson 2014 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Brought to you by Penguin.From the Booker Longlisted author of A TOWN CALLED SOLACEOrphaned young, Kate Morrison was her older brother Matt''s protégé, her curious fascination for pond-life fed by his passionate interest in the natural world. Now a zoologist, she can identify organisms under a microscope, but seems blind to the tragedy of her own emotional life. She thinks she''s outgrown her family, who were once her entire world - but she can''t seem to outgrow her childhood or lighten the weight of their mutual past.''I''ve been trying to tell everyone I know about Mary Lawson . . . Each one of her novels is just a marvel'' Anne Tyler''A remarkable novel, utterly gripping...I read it at a single sitting, then I read it again, just for the pleasure of it'' Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat''Full of blossoming insights and emotional acuity...a compelling and serious page-turner'' Observer© Mary Lawson 2002 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Brought to you by Penguin.**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE**A powerful, heart-breaking story about tempting fate and living with the consequencesArthur and Jake are brothers yet worlds apart.Arthur is older, shy, dutiful and set to inherit his father''s farm. Jake is younger, handsome and reckless, a dangerous man to know.When Laura arrives in their rural community, the fragile balance of the brothers'' rivalry is pushed to the edge of catastrophe...''An enthralling read, both straightforward and wonderfully intricate'' Guardian''Evokes beautifully the big joys and sorrows of most people, no matter how small their town'' The Times©2022 Mary Lawson (P)2023 Penguin Audio

'She's one of my all-time favourite writers... utterly captivating' GRAHAM NORTON'A beauty of a book... I kept turning the pages, desperate to know how it would end' RACHEL JOYCE'A masterpiece of insight into what it means to be fully flawed and perfectly human. I loved it' JOANNE HARRIS

Winter in the small Canadian town of Solace is a season of hibernation. But this year, the snowfall brings a series of accidental encounters that will shake up the lives and loves of an old man, a student on the run and an abandoned dog

It is deep winter, 1969. As the Vietnam War drives young men north across the Canadian border, widower Jack s quiet life is overturned by two accidents that happen on the bend in the road into town. First comes a dog in a bad way. Next a draft-dodger, seriously injured, lying in the snow. Suddenly, Jack s cabin is busy with a growing cast of characters and all the baggage, dreams and desires they re carrying.

But the atmosphere chills when Jack s daughter Sally drops by one day and doesn t like what she sees...

This exquisite snow globe of a novel is a refuge, a story of connection and moral complexity set in the beloved world of Mary Lawson s bestselling, prizewinning Crow Lake, The Other Side of the Bridge, Road Ends and A Town Called Solace.