Leone Ross

Dawn breaks across the archipelago of Popisho. The world is stirring awake again, each resident with their own list of things to do: A wedding feast to conjure and cook An infidelity to investigate A lost soul to set free As the sun rises, two star-crossed lovers try to find their way back to one another across this single day....

1996, London. Nicola, tall and gorgeous, has re-birthed herself. She has landed a breakthrough role, and her star is rising—she can feel herself blossoming, can see it in the melting eyes of the men, and the jealous eyes of the women. If Nicola is a flower, Alexandra is a closed bud. Crushed by heartache from a recent breakup, she just...

Powerful. DAILY TELEGRAPH [Ross] is a master of detail. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT A literary rollercoaster. PEOPLE Chillingly real . . . unforgettable. BOOKLIST From a singular voice: a gripping and deeply moving story of grief and memory. 1990s New York: Tony Pellar—a man of former style and fading beauty—now lives in the subway tunnels. From this place of darkness, Tony...

Dawn breaks across the archipelago of Popisho. The world is stirring awake again, each resident with their own list of things to do: A wedding feast to conjure and cook An infidelity to investigate A lost soul to set free As the sun rises, two star-crossed lovers try to find their way back to one another across this single day....