Division Street is full of secrets. And one night in particular has been kept buried.
'Lyrically examines the ways a single event can alter many lives for ever . . . wonderful'Good Housekeeping
An impulsive lie – told with the best intentions – consumes the Wilf family. Even as they change and grow, each is haunted by what they choose to forget. Then the Shenkmans move in across the street: a couple with their own secrets and a lonely, brilliant son.
As their stories collide in ways they never could have imagined, the past comes hurtling back to Division Street, setting in motion a spellbinding chain of events that will transform both families forever.
A heart-stopping story about human connection, for fans of THE PAPER PALACE and LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
‘A fantastic writer’ Dolly Alderton
‘Stunning’ Lisa Taddeo
‘Tender and philosophical’ Hannah Beckerman, Observer
* READERS LOVE SIGNAL FIRES *
'Was both devastated and wowed at the end'
'The best novel that I've read all year! I couldn't put it down'
'Profoundly moving, deeply relatable and so beautifully written'
'Gorgeous, deeply moving and captivating'
'Beautiful, full of emotion and magic'
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781529920888
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 202 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
Signal Fires is a great novel, but it's also something rarer: a good novel, one that shines with deep truths about what it is to love someone, lose them, and live on - Financial Times
A stunning future classic
Tender and philosophical - Observer
Gripping - People Magazine
Lyrically examines the ways a single event can alter many lives for ever . . . wonderful - Good Housekeeping BOOK OF THE MONTH
Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy. When I received this book I had an idea of what I would expect from it... not only was I entirely wrong but this book was so much more than I had expected.... More
This is not my usual read and I thank the publishers for the early copy I received. I do not thank the publishers for the fact that I absolutely cried like a baby while reading it. This was an emotional, engrossing... More
‘Everything that has ever happened is still happening’, is a quotation from this book and it sums up the disjointed, yet interlinked, lives of the characters in the Wilf and Shenkman families.
The book starts with...
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