Author Description

‘Anne Aylor’s first novel is a finely crafted and very moving exploration of the youthful pain and the lasting passion of love... Aylor’s sensitive writing is a quiet reflection on the fragility of human feelings that leaves us with a lump in the throat.’ —Washington Post Book World ‘With a spare elegance that lives up to her publisher’s comparison—with the romances of Jean Rhys—Aylor’s first novel presents a passionate, gloomy story of abandoned innocence and abused love.’ —Kirkus Reviews ‘Anne Aylor has produced a novel of spellbinding intensity… Written in brief, ephemeral passages as if a more prolonged focus would scorch the page, this is an exhilarating first novel.’ —Yorkshire Post ‘Sexually frank, and with a touch of the faux-naif, Anne Aylor has a good eye, especially for the telling detail which is all her own.’ —London Evening Standard ‘Anne Aylor has produced that literary rarity, a brilliant first novel.’ —Pittsburgh Press ‘Visual and atmospheric writing’ —The Guardian ‘All-consuming’ —Publisher’s Weekly ‘A tour de force of passion and longing’ —Denise Chávez, author of Loving Pedro Infante ‘A profound take on doomed, obsessive love. Pared-down prose, stripped of excess detail, which says far more than many wordy passages could ever do. With a few deft, economical pen-strokes the deepest emotion is impressively conveyed.’ —Wendy Perriam, author of Broken Places