The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne: the brand new and unforgettable coming of age story from the bestselling author

HEAT is a beautifully written tale about growing up, letting go, and moving on. It follows the eccentric heroine Eadie Browne as she confronts a busy, gritty Victorian metropolis and experiences a novel freedom. However, her past comes hurtling at her with ramifications, and she must travel back to where she once lived for a funeral. The novel is a moving love letter to youth, filled with nostalgia, heartache, and hope.

Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

A delightful dose of nostalgia

HEAT
A beautifully written tale about growing up, letting go, and moving on.

SUN
Get ready to fall in love with Eadie Browne, the eponymous and eccentric heroine of this tender-hearted, steeped-in-nostalgia story about chosen family.

RED
When your present meets your past, what do you take with you – and what do you leave behind?

Eadie Browne is an odd child with unusual parents, living in a strange house neighboring the local cemetery. Bullied at school – but protected by her two best friends, Celeste and Josh, and her many imaginary friends lying six feet under next door – Eadie muddles her way through.

Arriving in Manchester as a student in the late 1980s, Eadie confronts a busy, gritty Victorian metropolis a far cry from the small Garden City she's left behind. Soon enough, she experiences a novel freedom she never imagined and it's seductive. She can be who she wants to be, do as she pleases, and no one back home needs to know. As Manchester embraces the dizzying, colorful euphoria of Rave counterculture, Eadie is swept along, blithely ignoring danger and reality. Until, one night, her past comes hurtling at her with ramifications that will continue into her adult life.

Now, as the new millennium beckons, Eadie is turning thirty with a marriage in tatters. She must travel back to where she once lived for a funeral she can't quite comprehend. As she journeys from the North to the South, from the present to the past, Eadie contemplates all that was then – and all that is now – in this moving love letter to youth.

A gorgeous, heartfelt, atmospheric novel by a wonderful storyteller

LUCY ATKINS
A beautifully moving portrait of youth, friendship, and love. . . I loved it

MIKE GAYLE
Beautifully written, funny, and poignant. A wonderful read.

Weight: 698g
Dimension: 164 x 242 x 40 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781802793000