‘A charming, tender study in grief’
Marian Keyes
‘Prepare to have your heart smashed into melancholy pieces’
Elle
When his wife dies in a fall from a tree, linguist Paul Iverson is wild with despair. In the days that follow, Paul becomes certain that Lexy’s death was no accident. Strange clues have been left behind: unique, personal messages that only she could have left and that he is determined to decipher.
So begins Paul’s perilous search for the truth, as he abandons his everyday life to embark on a series of experiments designed to teach his dog Lorelei to communicate. Is this the project of a madman? Or does Lorelei really have something to tell him about the last afternoon of a woman he only thought he knew?.
‘A heartbreaking exploration of memory and language, grief and redemption’
Esquire
‘Wonderfully inventive’
Daily Telegraph
Marian Keyes
‘Prepare to have your heart smashed into melancholy pieces’
Elle
When his wife dies in a fall from a tree, linguist Paul Iverson is wild with despair. In the days that follow, Paul becomes certain that Lexy’s death was no accident. Strange clues have been left behind: unique, personal messages that only she could have left and that he is determined to decipher.
So begins Paul’s perilous search for the truth, as he abandons his everyday life to embark on a series of experiments designed to teach his dog Lorelei to communicate. Is this the project of a madman? Or does Lorelei really have something to tell him about the last afternoon of a woman he only thought he knew?.
‘A heartbreaking exploration of memory and language, grief and redemption’
Esquire
‘Wonderfully inventive’
Daily Telegraph
Reviews
Inventive and gripping . . . Parkhurst handles the quest formula with originality and humour
If you like a tear-jerker with a twist you'll adore this. In the vein of Maggie O'Farrell's After You'd Gone, it deals with the loss of a loved one
One of those rare novels . . . that intrigues, pulls on the heartstrings and confuses you all at once
A shimmering fictional portrait of love and loss
Prepare to have your heart smashed into melancholy pieces
Mesmerising and unusual . . . The book is beautifully written and, alongside thriller-like elements, packs a powerful emotional punch
A quirky and endearing love triangle
This is the kind of book you stay up all night to finish
A charming, tender study in grief
Wonderfully inventive and slyly funny