The Distance Between Us

Maggie O'Farrell

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Tinder Press
29 July 2025

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

The Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT
*Over 260,000 copies sold
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Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award

'O'Farrell writes with lyrical precision about sex, fear and sibling rivalry... graceful and hypnotic' Observer

'You care passionately about her characters . . . wildly enjoyable' The Times

On a cold London afternoon Stella encounters a man she has not seen for many years, whose face she instantly recognises - or thinks she does. At exactly the same moment, in Hong Kong, Jake is realising that the crowd around him, celebrating Chinese New Year, is about to turn dangerous.

They know nothing of each other's existence, but both flee their lives: Jake in search of a place so remote it doesn't appear on any map, and Stella for a destination in Scotland, the significance of which only her sister, Nina, will understand.

Gripping, insightful and deft, The Distance Between Us is a haunting story of the way families shape our lives.

'Masterly and

multi-layered. Terrific' Cressida Connolly,

Daily Telegraph

'A compulsively readable tale of star-crossed lovers and secretive siblings' Elle

'Spooky and tender, with a dizzying twist' Daily Mail

By: Maggie O'Farrell
Imprint: Tinder Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9781035430086
ISBN 10: 1035430088
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 29 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maggie O'Farrell is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both Sunday Times no. 1 bestsellers. Her novels include AFTER YOU'D GONE, MY LOVER'S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize. She is also the author of three books for children, WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO, THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK and WHEN THE STAMMER CAME TO STAY. She lives in Edinburgh.