This Must Be the Place

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Meet Daniel Sullivan, a man with a complicated life. A New Yorker living in the wilds of Ireland, he has children he never sees in California, a father he loathes in Brooklyn and a wife, Claudette, who is a reclusive ex-film star given to shooting at anyone who ventures up their driveway. He is also about to find out something about a woman he lost touch with 20 years ago, and this discovery will send him off-course, far away from wife and home. Will his love for Claudette be enough to bring him back?

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The Sunday Times no. 3 bestselling novel from author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT

*Over 330,000 copies sold*

Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award

‘A complex, riveting novel of love and hope that grips at the heart’ The Sunday Times
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A reclusive former film star living in the wilds of Ireland, Claudette Wells thinks nothing of firing a gun if strangers get too close to her house. Why is she so fiercely protective of her family, and what made her walk out on her career at the height of her fame?

Her husband Daniel, reeling from a discovery about a woman he last saw twenty years ago, is about to make an exit of his own. It is a journey that will send him off-course, far from home. Will his love for Claudette be enough to bring him back?

This Must Be The Place crosses continents and time zones, creating a portrait of an extraordinary marriage, the forces that hold it together and the pressures that drive it apart.
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‘Moving and hilarious. I loved it’ Rachel Joyce

‘A tour de force. Dazzling’ Observer

‘A conjuror’s sleight of hand… deft and compelling’ Guardian

‘Magnificent… perceptive, profound and page-turning in equal measures’ Cathy Rentzenbrink

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? What readers are saying; ?

‘One of the few books in my adult life I’ve read more than once… cannot recommend enough’ ? ? ? ? ?

‘Perfect to lose yourself in’ ? ? ? ? ?

‘A wonderful novel which held me captivated and in awe’ ? ? ? ? ?

Additional information

Weight 0.44 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.8 × 4 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

502

Language

English

Edition

|Reprint

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K