'Stylish deft...an absolutely fascinating novel' Guardian'Haunting mesmerising and so deeply
intelligent' Kamila Shamsie author of Women's Prize for Fiction winning Home
Fire'Powerful...compelling and profoundly moving' Irish Times'Heartbreaking sweetly logical
and tentatively hopeful' SpectatorHeartbroken after a long painful love affair a man drives a
haulage lorry from England to France. Travelling with him is a secret passenger - his daughter.
Twenty-something unkempt off the rails.With a week on the road together father and daughter
must restore themselves and each other and repair a relationship that is at once fiercely
loving and deeply scarred.As they journey south down the motorways through the service
stations a devastating picture reveals itself: a story of grief of shame and of love in all
its complex dark and glorious manifestations.______________What readers are saying: 'The prose
is sublime and deeply moving . . . a stunning novel' 'Beautifully written lyrical and
unsettling in its exploration of human frailties family love and loss grief' 'A haunting
tragic and highly original story of a father and daughter travelling across England and France
in a haulage truck and discovering more about their relationship and past in all its raw
candour'MORE PRAISE FOR WE ARE NOT IN THE WORLD:'Unusual utterly original and mysterious . . .
a must read' Elaine Feeney'...the book stays with you a haunting presence you cannot - and do
not want to - escape...astounding.' Ruth Gilligan Extraordinary...achingly sad and tender and
sexy and the writing is very beautiful.' Louise Kennedy'Wonderful wrenching . . . full of
enormous feelings very precisely rendered' Sara Baume'Elusive unsettling beautiful haunting.
This is a complex devastating study of human relations a portrait of intense love and damage
in equal measure.' Lisa Harding'A whirlpool of memories regrets and hopes' Tim Pears'An
uncanny ability to turn the seemingly insignificant into something monumental' Jan Carson
