The Librarian (Paperback)

'A period tale of sentimental education, it's deliciously readable, with a clever epilogue zooming into the present day for a last-gasp surprise.' - The Daily Mail

‘Vickers has a formidable knack for laying open the human heart... a layered family drama’ - The Sunday Times

‘Utterly compelling... Cousins is a remarkable book about the strange tact and terrors of family life and the histories that haunt it’ - Adam Phillips

‘Each distinct voice in this complex pattern of relationships is presented with deep empathy and clarity, so that you feel a real three-dimensional quality in the characters. The most painful ethical dilemmas are laid out with compassion and without manipulation. A serious, mature book that is also compellingly enjoyable.’ - Rowan Williams

‘A wonderful book. Salley Vickers spins a spellbinding account of a family in distress’ - Elizabeth Strout

‘A story of secrets, lies and history is elegantly handled... She lays bare the inner workings of one family, possibly every family, with an often disconcerting clarity’ - The Times

‘No one can dig down into the shrouded recesses of the human heart quite as forensically as Vickers.’ - The Sunday Times

‘This is a highly charged novel you'll find hard to put down...The novel raises important issues about motherhood and family connections, and examines the survivor's guilt felt by many of the characters that helps to drive the painful resolution.’ - The Sunday Express

‘Vickers ponders undercurrents that swirl down the ages...Vickers commitment to the realism required by fictional memoir...a fascinating exploration of the often equivocal and always cryptic nature of family love’ – The Guardian

‘A psychologically acute case study.’ - The Mail on Sunday

‘A story of a family rocked by tragedy.’ - The Daily Mail

‘One of our best women writers... Cousins is a towering tale of three generations of the Tye family, spanning 70 years.’ - Reader's Digest