Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
To Dare : (A Sainsbury's Magazine Book Club pick), Paperback / softback Book

To Dare : (A Sainsbury's Magazine Book Club pick) Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours

Description

'An exploration of what it means to be a woman, a moral person, a parent, and a neighbour' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Starling Days and Harmless Like You'Tense, dark and so real as to be almost unbearable, this novel is utterly compelling' Rosamund Lupton, international bestselling author of Sister and Three HoursSainsbury's Magazine Book Club ChoiceVeronica and her wealthy husband George are unpacking boxes, hoping a fresh start in their newly refurbished Victorian terrace will help them heal from a recent trauma. Next door, Simone returns to her neglected council flat.

Miserable and trapped, she struggles to take care of her children under the watch of her controlling husband Terry. When childhood friend Sarah re-enters Veronica's life, things are thrown even further off balance.

As tensions in their own lives rise, the painful memory that binds them threatens to spill into their present. Three lives collide in this story of family, inequality and revenge. 'Vivid, poignant, and compelling' Saskia Sarginson'One of our best writers' Louis de Bernieres, author of the international bestseller Captain Corelli's Mandolin'Irresistibly entertaining' A.S.

Hatch'Transfixing' Hilary Boyd, author of Thursdays in the Park and The Lie'A rare example of fiction that is equally literary and commercial' Ophelia Field, author of The Favourite'Exquisitely written' Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife and Blood Sisters'Beautifully written' Rachael Blok'A cut above others in this genre' WI Life magazinePraise for Jemma WayneLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAVERTON GOOD READ AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN NOT THE BOOKER PRIZE'Intriguing, moving, absorbing' The Times'Frank, poignant and bitter-sweet' Edwina Currie

Information

Other Formats

Save 10%

£8.99

£8.05

Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information