Sunset
The instant Sunday Times bestseller
Published on 24. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-78739-533-6 (ISBN)
Description
Sunset is an unconventional love story about putting yourself back together when the sky has fallen in.
Ruth and Hannah are sisters. They build each other up, and tear each other down. Even as polar opposites they make each other laugh more than anyone else in the world. Hannah is forever single, aimless and wild while Ruth is radiant, organised and hard working. Together, they are a force to be reckoned with.
But a summer holiday changes everything, and Hannah finds herself entering a long period of self-imposed exile from the world. Searching for anonymity and facelessness, she takes a job at Heathrow airport serving coffee to a slow-motion carousel of travellers, cabin crew and taxi drivers. But when a face she recognises appears in the blur, she is forced to retrace her steps back to a time when her life had hope and meaning.
A comedy about love, grief and reconciliation, Sunset is an ode to our most powerful bonds, how they build us and break us, and how, when all seems lost, we can find joy in the most unexpected places.
Ruth and Hannah are sisters. They build each other up, and tear each other down. Even as polar opposites they make each other laugh more than anyone else in the world. Hannah is forever single, aimless and wild while Ruth is radiant, organised and hard working. Together, they are a force to be reckoned with.
But a summer holiday changes everything, and Hannah finds herself entering a long period of self-imposed exile from the world. Searching for anonymity and facelessness, she takes a job at Heathrow airport serving coffee to a slow-motion carousel of travellers, cabin crew and taxi drivers. But when a face she recognises appears in the blur, she is forced to retrace her steps back to a time when her life had hope and meaning.
A comedy about love, grief and reconciliation, Sunset is an ode to our most powerful bonds, how they build us and break us, and how, when all seems lost, we can find joy in the most unexpected places.
Reviews / Votes
'Heartbreaking, funny and bittersweet ... A phenomenal debut that is impossible to put down' -- Dolly AldertonMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78739-533-6 (9781787395336)
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Person
Jessie Cave is an actress, writer and illustrator best known for playing Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter films. She has had three critically acclaimed and sell-out solo shows, the most recent of which, Sunrise, has had several runs at the Soho Theatre and toured nationally in 2019. She has featured on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Comedy Central's Roast Battle, as well as appearing regularly on Sky One's Trollied. Other drama credits include Call the Midwife, Black Mirror and Glue. She has also had a book of illustrations published, titled Lovesick (Ebury, 2016).