PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Susannah Wise is an actor and writer who grew up in London and the Midlands. A childhood spent outdoors inspired her love of nature and tree climbing. The death of her father in 2015 was the catalyst for THIS FRAGILE EARTH. His preoccupation with astronomy and the beauty of the night sky formed the jumping-off point for the story. Susannah studied at the Faber Academy, graduating in September 2018, during which time she wrote a second, more peculiar novel. Both books have been longlisted for the Mslexia prize. She lives in London with her partner and son.
A compulsive page turner . . . The science behind the author's dystopian vision of the future is impressive, but it's the movements of the heart that mark this book as a standout * Elspeth Sandys * This Fragile Earth is utterly compelling . . . sophisticated, emotionally acute and brilliantly unnerving * Lisa Hilton, author of Maestra * This Fragile Earth is smart, with a fantastic sense of foreboding and anxiety, of ordinary lives about to go horribly off the rails . . . intelligent and accessible, restrained and suspenseful; hugely impressive work from a new writer * David Nicholls, author of Starter For Ten *
