A startlingly beautiful story of a family's survival, and an unforgettable dystopian vision of a familiar world in flames
Longlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize 2024
A Spectator Book of the Year 2024
The world is on fire. And what will you do?
In a city rocked by global catastrophe, home-grown terrorism, shortages and wildfires, Cass is quietly raising three small children by herself. Her husband, Nathaniel, has left to serve as a medic in a war overseas.
As life in the city becomes increasingly impossible, Cass knows she can no longer wait for Nathaniel's return. Packing up their lives, she and the children set off in search of a place of greater safety.
But Cass will learn that not all promises and not all sanctuaries are what they seem - and as the fires around them begin to close in, she'll discover just how far she'll go for her children in a world teetering on apocalypse.
Sensual, claustrophobic and vivid, Briefly Very Beautiful announces the arrival of a major new talent, painting an unforgettable portrait of a mother trying to hold her family together.
| ISBN: | 9781526659194 |
| Publication date: | 6th June 2024 |
| Author: | Roz Dineen |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Circus an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Primary Genre | General Fiction |
A startlingly beautiful story of a family's survival, and an unforgettable dystopian vision of a familiar world in flames
Longlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize 2024
A Spectator Book of the Year 2024
The world is on fire. And what will you do?
In a city rocked by global catastrophe, home-grown terrorism, shortages and wildfires, Cass is quietly raising three small children by herself. Her husband, Nathaniel, has left to serve as a medic in a war overseas.
As life in the city becomes increasingly impossible, Cass knows she can no longer wait for Nathaniel's return. Packing up their lives, she and the children set off in search of a place of greater safety.
But Cass will learn that not all promises and not all sanctuaries are what they seem - and as the fires around them begin to close in, she'll discover just how far she'll go for her children in a world teetering on apocalypse.
Sensual, claustrophobic and vivid, Briefly Very Beautiful announces the arrival of a major new talent, painting an unforgettable portrait of a mother trying to hold her family together.
Briefly Very Beautiful features in the following genres: General Fiction
Briefly Very Beautiful is available in Paperback, Hardback
Briefly Very Beautiful was written by Roz Dineen and published by Bloomsbury Circus an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Briefly Very Beautiful has 336 pages
