Author(s): Kane, Jessica Francis,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 18/06/2020,
Pagination: 304 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Granta Books
Published By: Granta Books
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781783784653

Description:
'Midway through my fortieth year, I reached a point where the balance of the past and all it contained seemed to outweigh the future, my mind so full of things said and not said, done and undone, I no longer understood how to move forward.'

May is at a crossroads. Although her career as a gardener for the university is flourishing, the rest of her life has narrowed to a parched routine. Her father is elderly, her brother estranged, and she keeps her neighbours at arm's length.

The missing element, she realises, might be friendship. As May sets off on a journey to visit four neglected friends one-by-one, she holds herself (and them) to humorously high standards, while at home she begins to confront the pain of her past and imagine for herself a different kind of future.

May's quest becomes an exploration of the power, and perhaps limits, of modern friendship.