The release date for the English version of 'A Town Called Solace' by
Mary Lawson is Feb 2021. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Suggested for the Booker Prize of 2021
The beautiful and profoundly luminous new book A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson, her first in almost ten years, opens on a family in crisis: Rose, the disobedient adolescent, has been absent for several weeks without any communication. Her younger sister, Clara, is a strong and independent woman who keeps a daily watch at the living room window, hoping that her sibling will return.
Go to about thirty. Liam Kane, who recently got divorced and lost his job, moves into the house next door, much to Clara's surprise and dismay as she watches with suspicion. Mrs. Orchard, her elderly acquaintance, owns the house. Mrs. Orchard was admitted to the hospital for a brief period of time around the time Rose vanished, and Clara made a commitment to watch over the house and its lone tenant, Mrs. Orchard's cat, Moses. The mystery surrounding Mrs. Orchard's and the recently arrived stranger's relationship deepens as the narrative progresses.
The story alternates between the perspectives of three unique, engaging characters—Clara, Mrs. Orchard, and Liam Kane—uncovering the layers of love, regret, and sadness that bind families—both the ones we choose and the ones we are born into. One of our great storytellers, A Town Called Solace, is a superb, thrilling, and wonderfully humanistic novel.