Briefly Very Beautiful

Briefly, Very Beautiful is a novel about a mother and her three children trying to survive in a world on fire. It is a story of love, survival, and the lengths a mother will go to protect her children. The novel has received critical acclaim, with many reviewers praising its vivid imagery, emotional depth, and timely themes.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The world is on fire, and Cass is raising three small children by herself in a city rocked by global catastrophe, home-grown terrorism, shortages, and wildfires. Her husband, Nathaniel, has left to serve as a medic in a war overseas. As life in the city becomes increasingly impossible, Cass knows she can no longer wait for Nathaniel's return. Packing up their lives, she and the children set off in search of a place of greater safety. But Cass will learn that not all promises and not all sanctuaries are what they seem, and as the fires around them begin to close in, she will discover just how far she will go for her children in a world teetering on apocalypse. Briefly Very Beautiful announces the arrival of a major new talent, painting an unforgettable portrait of a mother trying to hold her family together. Gorgeous, fierce, and haunting, this book is on fire. Catherine Taylor writes about motherhood and the climate crisis with piercing clarity, Amy Twigg, author of Spoilt Creatures, hails it as a haunting vision of our slow-motion apocalypse, and Michael LaP. calls it a stunning, poetic, impelling story of love and survival.

Weight: 548g
Dimension: 241 x 164 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526659194