From the Heart

Olive Piper grows up as a happy, open-hearted child, and her life feels contented. When her love of reading earns her a place at university, she is certain the world is waiting for her.

Then she makes a mistake, the kind that almost anyone could make, and she is forced into an impossible choice. The novel traces how one decision can reshape a whole life, and what it costs to live with the consequences. It is a close, quiet study of a woman whose times do not suit her.

Chatto & Windus published the novel in 2017. It runs to 224 pages. ISBN-13: 9781784741648.