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Road Ends

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099587293

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 266g

  • RRP: £8.99

Road Ends

Discover this powerful novel about a family falling apart.

'Tender and surprising... A vivid and evocative tale' New York Times

Twenty-one-year-old Megan Cartwright has never been outside the small town she was born in but one winter's day in 1966 she leaves everything behind and sets out for London. Ahead of her is a glittering new life, just waiting for her to claim it.

But left behind, her family begins to unravel. Disturbing letters from home begin to arrive and torn between her independence and family ties, Megan must make an impossible choice.

'Every bit as good as I expected. A heart-aching and beautifully written story of a family falling apart' Woman and Home

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099587293

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 266g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • Tender and surprising… A vivid and evocative tale

    New York Times

  • Subtle but gripping... Beautifully written, with the locations brilliantly evoked

    Francesca Cookney, Sunday Mirror

  • Road Ends is beautifully written, evocative and tender. It will haunt you long after you’ve finished it and leave you impatient for more

    Richenda Miers, Country Life

  • Austere, humane and accomplished, Road Ends depicts a wilderness of the heart through which some roads pass

    Richard Greene, Literary Review

  • Lawson grasps the anguished allure of family life played out against the vast, wintry backdrop of the Canadian landscape. Deftly she keeps our interest by dividing up the chapters between the characters to give shifting points of view on some universal themes

    Rosanna Greenstreet, Richmond Magazine

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About the Author

Mary Lawson

Mary Lawson's first novel, Crow Lake, was loved by critics and readers all over the world; it was translated into 25 languages and published in 28 countries. It was a New York Times bestseller, won the McKitterick Prize and spent 75 weeks on the bestseller lists in her native Canada. Her second novel, The Other Side of the Bridge, was longlisted for the Booker Prize and selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club. Road Ends, published in 2014, was described by the New York Times as 'tender and surprising . . . a vivid and evocative tale'. A Town Called Solace, published to critical acclaim in February 2021, was an instant bestseller in her native Canada. Mary came to England in the 1960s, and lives in Kingston-upon-Thames. www.marylawson.ca

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