Ripeness

<p><b>The perfect book club spring read from the <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author.<br><br>In 1960s Italy, a family secret rips a teenage girl's world apart, only for her to discover its true meaning decades later.<br><br>'Moss makes every moment count' – <i>The Sunday Times</i><br>'A book of lasting pleasures' – Eleanor Catton, Booker Prize-winning author of <i>The Luminaries</i><br>'Powerful and beautifully written' –<i> The Guardian</i><br>'Endlessly intriguing' - <i>The Observer</i></b><br><br>Just out of school and teetering on the brink of adulthood, Edith is sent alone to rural Italy. Her task is simple: support her sister Lydia, a brilliant but brittle ballet dancer, through the final weeks of her pregnancy. Once the baby is born, she is to make a phone call that will change all of their lives forever.<br><br>Decades later, Edith is living a contented life in Ireland, happily divorced and finally free. But with the arrival of an unexpected message, Edith must face the truth of that long-ago summer, and the secret she has carried for a lifetime.<br><br><b>'Tender and rueful’ – Emma Donoghue, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of<i> Room</i><br>'A delicious novel' – <i>Literary Review</i><br>'Sublime . . . glorious' – <i>Vogue</i><br>'Luminous' – <i>Financial Times</i><br>'Beautifully crafted . . . absorbing and moving' – <i>Daily Mail</i></b></p>