Briefly Very Beautiful

Name: Briefly Very Beautiful
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SKU: 9781526659200
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Shortlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize 2024

By Roz Dineen

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A startlingly beautiful story of a family's survival, and an unforgettable dystopian vision of a familiar world in flames Shortlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize 2024 A Spectator Book of the Year 2024 ‘A gut-punch of a novel’ Observer ‘Hauntingly realistic, disturbing, stylish, raw and urgent’... Read More

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Briefly Very Beautiful

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A startlingly beautiful story of a family's survival, and an unforgettable dystopian vision of a familiar world in flames

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A startlingly beautiful story of a family's survival, and an unforgettable dystopian vision of a familiar world in flames

Shortlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize 2024
A Spectator Book of the Year 2024

‘A gut-punch of a novel’ Observer
‘Hauntingly realistic, disturbing, stylish, raw and urgent’ Daily Telegraph
‘Left me breathless’ Jodie Whittaker

It is possible for a mother to love her children beyond reason. It is possible that wildfires will take hold, the internet will turn off, the clean water will stop running. It is possible to find yourself in relationships that are as dark and exploitative as mankind’s relationship to earth. It is possible you will realise one day that your city is not safe, that you have to leave, that you have to get the children out.

And when that day comes, this is what Cass does. Packing up their lives, she and her children set off in search of a place of greater safety.

‘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
‘Dineen is an extraordinary writer’ Evening Standard
‘We owe Roz Dineen a debt. This is a remarkable book’ TLS

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526659200

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 235g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Roz Dineen was at the Times Literary Supplement for twelve years, variously as Fiction Editor, Features Editor and a contributor of essays, reviews and a column. Born in Brighton, she studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and received a Masters in International Studies and Diplomacy from SOAS. She was Robert L. Bartley Fellow at the Wall Street Journal, where her writing has also appeared. She lives with her two children in South London.

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