EVERY MOTHER IS A WOMAN WITH A PAST'A haunting debut about grief loss & motherhood' The Pool' An intriguing tale of love loss & missed opportunities written with verve & delivers an amazing twist' Sunday Mirror' Tender & moving this part-thriller part-memoir will leave you floored' Emerald Street When Katharine is found dead at the foot of her stairs it is the mystery of her life that consumes her daughter Laura The medical examiner's report in which precious parts of Katharine's body are weighed & categorised motivates Laura to write her own version of events; to bear witness to the unbearable blank space between each itemised entry It forces her to confront a new version of the woman she knew only as her mother
- a woman silenced by her own mother & wronged by her husband A woman who felt shackled by tradition & unable to love freely With the heart of a memoir & the pace of a thriller An Unremarkable Body reveals an overwhelming desire to make sense of an unfulfilled life
- & to prove that an unremarkable body does not mean an unremarkable life' Beautiful sensitive & poignant' Clarissa Goenawan author of Rainbirds' Spare confident & affecting A compelling read' Joanna Barnard author of Precocious & Hush Little Baby' An incredibly moving story of maternal love sacrifice & how little we know those closest to us' Chloe Mayer author of The Boy made from Snow