The Slowworm's Song by Andrew Miller

The Slowworm's Song by Andrew MillerBy the Costa Award winning author of PURE, a profound and tender tale of guilt, a search for atonement and the hard, uncertain work of loving. 'The writing is near perfect. But the novel's excellence goes far beyond this You read [it] with your pulse racing, all your senses awake' Guardian 'A beautiful, lambent, timely novel' Sarah Hall An ex soldier and recovering alcoholic living quietly in Somerset, Stephen Rose has just begun to form a bond with

merciless insects

Meg and Ash are soon convinced that their nest doesn't have enough stuff and begin to collect more things to add to an ever-growing pile

legendary and unpindownable

Written and published first by Antoine de St-Exupéry in 1943

will she find the strength to bring down the walls that surround her

are a force of nature

Mumbai and during his retirement in Mt Baldy

too: you've just got to be kind

Noam Chomsky exposes the problems of our world today

Told with insight and wit

Hedwig and other favourite characters

Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera