Diana Evans A House for Alice : From the Women's Prize shortlisted author of

Heart and humour in abundance... exquisite The TimesAfter fifty years in London, Alice wants to live out her days in the land of her birth. Her children are divided on whether she stays or goes, and in the wake of their fathers death, the imagined stability of the family begins to fray. Meanwhile youngest daughter Melissa has never let go of a love she lost, and Michael in return, now married to Nicole, is haunted by the failed perfection of the past. As Alices final decision draws closer, all that is hidden between them rises to the surface . . .Set against the shadows of a city and a country in turmoil, Diana Evanss ordinary people confront fundamental questions. How should we raise our children? How to do right by our parents? And how, in the midst of everything, can we satisfy ourselves?A gorgeous novel from one of our most outstanding writers Bernardine EvaristoDiana Evans is fast proving herself a novelist to rank alongside Anne Tyler Daily MailA warm but devastating narrative... Like any Evans novel, it is unputdownable Harpers BazaarA New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2023Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political FictionSelected in Best Reads of 2023 by The Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, Harpers Bazaar, New Statesman and Good HousekeepingA Waterstones Book of the YearThe Bookseller Editors ChoiceThe New York Times Book Review Editors ChoiceStarred Kirkus ReviewGuardian Book of the Day | Diana Evans A House for Alice : From the Women's Prize shortlisted author of