From the Publisher
‘An utterly gripping psychological mystery.’ —Maureen Freely, author, Enlightenment ‘Siân Hughes’s voice moves us because she manages the difficult art of putting wit to the service of strong feeling – a rare achievement.’—Hugo Williams
‘Haunting, compelling, beautifully written; translates mythic and literary undercurrents into a modern setting.’ —Bernard O’Donoghue
"Siân Hughes’s voice moves us because she manages the difficult art of putting wit to the service of strong feeling—a rare achievement."—Hugo Williams, winner of T. S. Eliot Prize and Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
"Haunting, compelling, beautifully written; translates mythic and literary undercurrents into a modern setting."—Bernard O’Donoghue, Irish Poet
"Sian Hughes' Pearl is an enchanting and eerie exploration of how a child lays down the bones of an ancient past - a medieval poem - as a means of recuperating the voice of lost loved ones."—Sally Bayley
"It’s a beautiful, searching novel from start to finish – vividly told and movingly elegiac in its unfolding understanding of the psychology of loss. A terrific achievement."—Jane Draycott, Translator of the medieval poem Pearl
