A Private Man

<h2><b>Set in mid-century Rome and England, this forbidden slow-burn love story will take your breath away</b></h2><p><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE<br>SHORTLISED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION </b><br><br>‘If I had to pick a favourite from the year so far, it would be this’ <b>- Pandora Sykes </b><br>‘Lush, evocative and sexy’ <b>– <i>The Sunday Times</i></b><br>‘A thrilling love story of intellect and passion’<b> – <i>The Observer</i></b><br>‘Truly outstandin clever, passionate and as clean as a bone’ <b>– Melissa Harrison</b><br>‘A heady brew . . . Pulsing with sensuality’ <b>–</b><i><b> Daily Mail</b></i><br>‘I couldn't put it down’ <b>–</b><i><b> The Independent</b></i><br><br>Rome, 1953. David is young, handsome, charismatic and sworn to celibacy. He is freshly ordained and about to return to England to begin life as a priest. Devotion to God is all he’s ever known.<br><br>In London, Margaret is entangled in an impossible love affair. Committed to living on her own terms without sacrificing her faith, she becomes drawn to a women’s movement challenging the archaic rules of the Church.<br><br>When they are thrown together in David's countryside parish, something ignites in each of them, and so begins a decades-long secret with consequences that will reverberate throughout the generations.<br><br><b>READERS LOVE<i> A PRIVATE MAN</i></b><br><b>‘I just love everything about this book’ *****<br>‘Lives and breathes along with you as you read’ *****<br>‘Radiating warmth, tinged by inevitable sadness. I loved it’ *****<br>‘Beautifully written and deeply moving’ *****<br>‘A work of quiet power that leaves you bereft at its end’ *****</b><br></p>