Author Description

Arctic explorer Edward Mackley sets out to reach the North Pole and vanishes into the icy landscape. He leaves behind a young wife, Emily, who awaits his return for decades. A hundred years later Edward's great-grand-niece Julia moves through the family house and makes a discovery that splinters her long-held image of Edward and Emily's romance, and her husband Simon faces a precipitous choice that will decide the future of their relationship. Sharply observed and deeply engaging, The Still Point is a powerful literary debut.