Making Space

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Why do we hold on to things we don't need? A beautifully assured debut that is part love story part psychological slow-burner (Emma Jane Unsworth international bestselling author of <em>Animals</em>).</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Miriam is twenty-nine; temping living with a flatmate who is no longer a friend and still trying to find her place in life. To move forward she decides to dispose of the many possessions that anchor her in the past.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Erik an artist and photographer in his mid-forties hires Miriam to help clear out his book-filled paper-packed home she begins to feel drawn to him despite his obsessive hoarding and the fact that he's still haunted by his previous marriage. But can there be a happy ending for the troubled pair?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This powerful moving novel explores the unlikely relationship between two very different people-and explores deep questions about fear freedom and attachment.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Weaves its way through the cracks of our everyday perceptions to skilfully explore complex issues around illness grief and longing. . . . Combining exquisite descriptions with scalpel-sharp human insights this is a book to languish in and emerge from deeply moved. It marks the arrival of an elegant and thrilling new voice in literary fiction. -Emma Jane Unsworth</span></p><p> </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A simply riveting and unfailingly entertaining read. -</span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Midwest Book Review</em></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A strong debut novel. -</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Manchester Review</em></p>