'The best Australian first novel I've read in years. I so much admire the intelligence that animates it, and her calm sentences that contain surprises.' - Michelle de Kretser, winner of the 2013 Miles Franklin Award for Questions of Travel. 'Such an accomplished and polished debut. There's a delicacy and poignancy to the writing, combined with almost unbearable suspense.' - Kate Atkinson, author of Life After Life