Matthews, Jodie

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 13 February 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 304 pages
197 x 130 x 21 | 210g

A haunting ode to Cornish folklore and the secrets of the places we call home

‘This powerfully brutal novel is the most exciting thing I’ve read in years’ S. J. WATSON

‘A strange and beautiful novel’ OBSERVER

‘A wild and darkly exuberant ride of a novel’ JEFF VANDERMEER

Everything that comes from the ground must go back down eventually

Merryn grew up on the wilds of Bodmin moor, raised by her mother and her aunt in an old farmhouse. Here, the locals never leave the village, fear for the future of their farms and cling desperately to the folkloric tales that are woven into their history. Except Merryn, who has escaped to Manchester for university, briefly untethering