A startlingly beautiful story of a family's survival and an unforgettable dystopian vision of
a familiar world in flames'Impossible to put down' Daily Telegraph 'Instantly immersive
beautifully imagined this is an unflinching but inspiring story about some things we're going
to lose and other things we must never lose' Lee Child'Left me breathless: it is a stunning
poetic impelling story of love and survival which I could not stop reading ... An incredible
novel' Jodie Whittaker______________________________________The world is on fire. And what will
you do? In a city rocked by global catastrophe home-grown terrorism shortages and wildfires
Cass is quietly raising three small children by herself. 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'll discover just how far she'll go for her children in a world teetering on
apocalypse. Sensual claustrophobic and vivid Briefly Very Beautiful announces the arrival of
a major new talent painting an unforgettable portrait of a mother trying to hold her family
together. ______________________________________________'Beautiful and timely tough yet tender
...This is an important book and I devoured it' Clover Stroud'Gorgeous fierce and haunting ...
A book that is quite literally on fire. Very beautiful and all-too brief' Catherine Taylor 'A
story that burns from the page. Dineen writes about motherhood and the climate crisis with
piercing clarity' Amy Twigg author of Spoilt Creatures'A haunting vision of our slow-motion
apocalypse. This is exactly what it will be like' Michael LaPointe author of The Creep
