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'Satisfyingly detailed and juicy... an utter treat' Amy Liptrot

'Friendship, love and a gorgeous old house. A beautiful story beautifully told. I loved inhabiting The Wreck' Jessica Stanley

Two couples pursue their dream of communal living in the English countryside - and then it all comes tumbling down

Charlotte and Francesca were best friends at university in the mid-1970s. But tensions coursed beneath their natural affection, deepening when Fran got together with Charlotte's friend Adrian, and the two women drifted apart.

When Fran contacts Charlotte out of the blue with an unusual proposal - an invitation to live with her and Adrian in the rambling house they've bought in the countryside - Charlotte impulsively persuades her partner, Bill, to accept this tantalising promise of a new kind of community.

At first their new life feels utopian; life and space are shared joyfully. But it doesn't take long for old tensions to rise to the surface, shattering their illusions and showing each of them in a new light.

The Wreck is a glorious genre-defying illustrated novel about the messy tangle of love, envy and desire that underpins our most precious relationships, and the difficult paths we must take to discover our true selves.

'I fell hopelessly in love with The Wreck... A beautiful, funny, clever, insightful book' Lisa Owens

'A one-of-a-kind novel. I adored every page of it' Ana Kinsella

'A tender and wise portrait of love and friendship' Chloë Ashby

'Satisfyingly detailed and juicy... an utter treat' Amy Liptrot

'Friendship, love and a gorgeous old house. A beautiful story beautifully told. I loved inhabiting The Wreck' Jessica Stanley

Two couples pursue their dream of communal living in the English countryside - and then it all comes tumbling down

Charlotte and Francesca were best friends at university in the mid-1970s. But tensions coursed beneath their natural affection, deepening when Fran got together with Charlotte's friend Adrian, and the two women drifted apart.

When Fran contacts Charlotte out of the blue with an unusual proposal - an invitation to live with her and Adrian in the rambling house they've bought in the countryside - Charlotte impulsively persuades her partner, Bill, to accept this tantalising promise of a new kind of community.

At first their new life feels utopian; life and space are shared joyfully. But it doesn't take long for old tensions to rise to the surface, shattering their illusions and showing each of them in a new light.

The Wreck is a glorious genre-defying illustrated novel about the messy tangle of love, envy and desire that underpins our most precious relationships, and the difficult paths we must take to discover our true selves.

'I fell hopelessly in love with The Wreck... A beautiful, funny, clever, insightful book' Lisa Owens

'A one-of-a-kind novel. I adored every page of it' Ana Kinsella

'A tender and wise portrait of love and friendship' Chloë Ashby

Über den Autor
Lizzy Stewart is an author based in London. She writes and illustrates books for both children and adults. In 2017 her picture book There's a Tiger in the Garden won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and a World Illustration Award. Her debut full-length novel Alison was published in 2022. She teaches Illustration at Goldsmiths, University of London and has also taught courses at the Tate and on behalf of the National Gallery.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781787335318
ISBN-10: 1787335313
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Stewart, Lizzy
Hersteller: Random House UK Ltd
Jonathan Cape
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 231 x 158 x 31 mm
Von/Mit: Lizzy Stewart
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.04.2026
Gewicht: 0,815 kg
Artikel-ID: 135712210

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