The High House

The High House
Jessie Greengrass
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Paperback
h203 x 133mm - 272pg
6 Dec 2022
International import eta 7-19 days
9781982180126
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Francesca is Caro' s stepmother, and Pauly' s mother. A scientist, she can see what is going to happen. The high house was once her holiday home; now looked after by locals Grandy and Sally, she has turned it into an ark, for when the time comes. The mill powers the generator; the orchard is carefully pruned; the greenhouse has all its glass intact. Almost a family, but not quite, they plant, store seed, and watch the weather carefully. A stunning novel of the extraordinary and the everyday, The High House explores how we get used to change that once seemed unthinkable, how we place the needs of our families against the needs of others? and it asks us who, if we had to, we would save. ' Jessie Greengrass is a master observer of inter-human atmosphere. The High House is about the great crisis of our time but is an unconventional domestic drama performed on an intimate stage. ' - Max Porter' The future imagined in this brave, important and exquisitely written novel is a frightening one. But even the darkest times are lit by moments of beauty and grace, and the reader is uplifted by Greengrass' s conviction that salvation lies not in competing with one another to survive but in uniting to help those we love. ' - Sigrid Nunez
' This book is completely beautiful' -- Daisy Johnson ' A master observer of inter-human atmosphere' -- Max Porter ' Brave, important and exquisitely written' novel is a frightening one. But even the darkest times are lit by moments of beauty and grace, and the reader is uplifted by Greengrass' s conviction that salvation lies not in competing with one another to survive but in uniting to help those we love' -- Sigrid Nunez Profoundly moving, this is an incisive yet hopeful reflection on how to move forward together' -- Julianne Pachico
Jessie Greengrass spent her childhood in London and Devon. She studied philosophy in Cambridge and London and now lives in Berwick-upon-Tweed with her partner and children. Her collection of short stories, An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It, won the Edge Hill Prize2016and a Somerset Maugham Award. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Sight, was shortlisted for the Women' s Prize for Fiction 2018.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781982180126
Published: 6 Dec 2022
Published In:
Imprint: Scribner Book Company
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 133mm
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 272

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