Violets

Alex Hyde

A moving, lyrical debut novel of motherhood, loss and the interconnected lives of two women during the dying days of the Second World War.

A young woman, Violet, lies in a hospital bed: her pregnancy is over and she is no longer able to conceive. While in a small, watchful town in the Welsh valleys, another Violet is pregnant, contemplating the fate she shares with her unborn child. As their lives begin to intertwine, a spellbinding story of women’s courage emerges, suffused with power and beauty.

‘Hypnotic... its accumulative power will have you sobbing’ Evening Standard

‘Graceful… inventive… Hyde brings the era to life’ Irish Times

‘A writer of talent and ambition: Violets suggests a glittering career ahead’ Observer

‘Stunning and original’ Elizabeth Macneal

FICTION £8.99 February B format 198 x 129mm PB 256pp No Canada rights Serial and audio rights 978 1 78378 728 9

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alex hyde is a lecturer at University College London, and a former Daunt’s bookseller. Violets is her debut novel. She lives in South London.