Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2013.
The stunning new novel from Costa-Novel-Award-winning novelist Maggie O'Farrell: a portrait of an Irish family in crisis in the legendary heatwave of 1976. Maggie O'Farrell's sixth book is the work of an outstanding novelist at the height of her powers.
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Closing date: 04/07/2026
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
Instructions for a Heatwave features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Family Drama, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Instructions for a Heatwave is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Instructions for a Heatwave was written by Maggie O'Farrell and published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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