Eva Moves the Furniture: A Novel (Recent Picador Highlights)

On the morning of Eva McEwens birth six magpies congregate in the apple tree outside the window--a bad omen according to Scottish legend. That night Evas mother dies leaving her to be raised by her aunt and heartsick father in their small Scottish town. As a child Eva is often visited by two companions--a woman and a girl--invisible to everyone else save her. As she grows their intentions become increasingly unclear: Do they wish to protect or harm her? A magical novel about loneliness love and the profound connection between mother and daughter Eva Moves the Furniture fuses the simplicity of a fairy tale with the complexity of adult passions.