Signs for Lost Children

From the author of Ghost Wall, a powerful enquiry into the workings of the human mind and heart, set in the 1880s between Japan and England.

Reviews

'Sarah Moss is one of our country's most underrated writers... [Signs forLost Children is] full of humanity, historical insight and beautiful writing...If there is one author you take a chance on this year, let it be her - it's time,and money, well spent' - Fiona Wilson, The Times

'Quietly devastating... These lateral portraits of disillusionment are excellentlyrendered. Tom's journey is external and exotic ... [and] is beautifullydelivered (Moss is an effortlessly elegant writer), but in the end it is Ally'sinternal odyssey that grips... A compelling, often harrowing, occasionallyheartbreaking read' - Sarah Crown, Guardian