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***Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2018***
EVERY MOTHER IS A WOMAN WITH A PAST
'An intriguing tale of love and loss . . . written with verve and delivers an amazing twist' Sunday Mirror
'A haunting debut about grief, loss and motherhood' The Pool
'This novel pulls you in and will have you racing to reach the end' Good Housekeeping
When Katharine is found dead at the foot of her stairs, it is the mystery of her life that consumes her daughter, Laura. The medical examiner's report, in which precious parts of Katharine's body are weighed and categorised, motivates Laura to write her own version of events. But as she delves deeper into Katharine's past, she is forced to confront a new version of the woman she knew only as her mother. A woman silenced by her own mother and wronged by her husband. A woman who lived in the shadows but whose secrets are now coming to light.
*** Includes an extract from Elisa Lodato's second novel The Necessary Marriage.***
'An incredibly moving story of maternal love, sacrifice, and how little we know those closest to us' Chloë Mayer, author of The Boy Made of Snow
'Extraordinarily sensuous storytelling that makes the reader's heart ache in sympathy' Observer
'Spare, confident and affecting. A compelling read' Joanna Barnard, author of Precocious
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Elisa Lodato grew up in London and read English at Pembroke College, Cambridge. After graduating she went to live in Japan where she spent a year teaching, travelling and learning to speak the language. On returning to the UK she spent many happy years working for Google before training to become an English teacher. Helping pupils to search for meaning in a text inspired Elisa to take up the pen and write her own. Her first novel, AN UNREMARKABLE BODY, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and longlisted for the Bath Novel Award. Elisa lives in Gloucestershire with her husband and two children.
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A beautifully told tale of love and loss, which ever so gently reaffirms that no life is indeed unremarkable . . . Lodato probes the secrets that are scattered through one character's life and draws us into her world . . . absorbing and compelling . . . startlingly bittersweet . . . I couldn't stop reading and now I'm done I wish I could read it all over again―Ronnie Turner, book blogger
An elegant, haunting book with a flawed narrator, troubled relationships, and a mystery at the heart . . . Lodato's writing is spare, confident and affecting. A compelling read―Joanna Barnard, author of PRECOCIOUS and HUSH LITTLE BABY
A sensitive examination of a life frustrated by mores and circumstance―DAILY MAIL
Pleasingly distinct . . . the structuring of the chapters by means of an introductory extract from the autopsy report is a rather ingenious one . . . . this organizational quirkiness sets Lodato's work apart from the start . . . a novel that shows notable promise . . . . I'm already intrigued to see what Lodato writes next ―INDEPENDENT
This novel pulls you in and will have you racing to reach the end―GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
A haunting debut about grief, loss and motherhood - and a woman's identity beyond that role―THE POOL
Lodato's skill is that of Katharine's pathologist; precise, delicate and thorough. A tender dissection of brutal truths
Lodato's skill is that of Katharine's pathologist; precise, delicate and thorough. A tender dissection of brutal truths―Dexter Petley, author of WHITE LIES
Extraordinarily sensuous storytelling that makes the reader's heart ache in sympathy―OBSERVER
An uplifting story―GRAZIA
An elegant, haunting book with a flawed narrator, troubled relationships, and a mystery at the heart . . . Lodato's writing is spare, confident and affecting. A compelling read―Joanna Barnard, author of PRECOCIOUS and HUSH LITTLE BABY
A sensitive examination of a life frustrated by mores and circumstance―DAILY MAIL
Pleasingly distinct . . . the structuring of the chapters by means of an introductory extract from the autopsy report is a rather ingenious one . . . . this organizational quirkiness sets Lodato's work apart from the start . . . a novel that shows notable promise . . . . I'm already intrigued to see what Lodato writes next ―INDEPENDENT
This novel pulls you in and will have you racing to reach the end―GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
A haunting debut about grief, loss and motherhood - and a woman's identity beyond that role―THE POOL
Lodato's skill is that of Katharine's pathologist; precise, delicate and thorough. A tender dissection of brutal truths
Lodato's skill is that of Katharine's pathologist; precise, delicate and thorough. A tender dissection of brutal truths―Dexter Petley, author of WHITE LIES
Extraordinarily sensuous storytelling that makes the reader's heart ache in sympathy―OBSERVER
An uplifting story―GRAZIA
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