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Sunset

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Sunset follows Ruth and Hannah, sisters who both support and challenge each other despite their differences. When a transformative summer holiday triggers a period of self-imposed exile for Ruth, she takes a job serving coffee at Heathrow airport, immersing herself in the lives of travellers and workers. A familiar face forces her to confront her past and rediscover hope and meaning. The novel explores the complexities of sibling bonds, the push and pull of relationships, and finding joy in unexpected places.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for readers who appreciate heartfelt, character-driven romance and stories about family dynamics, especially sibling relationships. Fans of Fleabag or those seeking a heartfelt, bittersweet narrative will find this novel compelling.

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Sunset is the story of two sisters - inseparable until a disastrous holiday leaves one sister heartbroken and alone. A comedy about love, grief and reconciliation.

Sunset is the story of two sisters – inseparable until a disastrous holiday leaves one sister heartbroken and alone. A comedy about love, grief and reconciliation.

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'Let this bittersweet ode to siblings fill the Fleabag-shaped hole in your life' - ELLE

Ruth and Hannah are sisters. They build each other up and tear each other down. Even as polar opposites they make each other laugh more than anyone else in the world. Ruth is forever single, aimless and wild while Hannah is radiant, organised and hard-working. Together, they are a force to be reckoned with.

But a summer holiday changes everything, and Ruth finds herself entering a long period of self-imposed exile from the world. Searching for anonymity and facelessness, she takes a job at Heathrow airport serving coffee to a slow-motion carousel of travellers, cabin crew and taxi drivers. But when a face she recognises appears in the blur, she is forced to retrace her steps back to a time when her life had hope and meaning.

Sunset is a novel about needing someone else as much as they need you: an ode to our most powerful bonds, how they build us and break us, and how, when all seems lost, we can find joy in the most unexpected places.

'Heartbreaking, funny and bittersweet... a phenomenal debut' - DOLLY ALDERTON

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Sunset has been praised for its emotional depth and sharp insight. Evanna Lynch describes it as "fierce and unsparing," while Cosmopolitan notes that Jessie Cave's reflective debut "will make you laugh before breaking your heart." Dolly Alderton calls it "heartbreaking, funny and bittersweet... a phenomenal debut."

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781787399761

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 May 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Mountain Leopard Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 330g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Jessie Cave is an actress, writer and illustrator best known for playing Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter films. She has had three critically acclaimed and sell-out solo shows, the most recent of which, Sunrise, has had several runs at the Soho Theatre and toured nationally in 2019. She has featured on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Comedy Central's Roast Battle, as well as appearing regularly on Sky One's Trollied. Other drama credits include Call the Midwife, Black Mirror and Glue. She has also had a book of illustrations published, titled Lovesick (Ebury, 2016).

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