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''Through a dewy sheen of teen nostalgia, Reece deftly explores the weight of political events on individual lives. Her supple, visceral prose evokes North Wales in all its complexity, beautifully rendered in water, resin and sky''
Jessica Andrews, author of Saltwater and Milk Teeth

''Francesca Reece is a devastatingly compelling new voice in literary fiction''
Louise O''Neill, author of Asking For It and Idol
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Somewhere, in a box in Margot Yates'' attic there''s a video of Gethin by the lake at Ty Gwydr. He''s young - nineteen, maybe twenty. It''s late spring and dusk, and a low sun leaks white light into the horizon behind the dark fringe of trees. Olwen is filming. Gethin narrows his eyes at the camera. Her bodiless voice says to him, I love it here. He says, good. This place is ours.

Forester Gethin Thomas is struggling to make ends meet in his rural hometown in North Wales. Bright, charming,

Glass Houses

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      Publisher Headline Publishing Group
      Published 1/23/2024
      ISBN-13 9781472272249
      978-1472272249
      ISBN-10 1472272242
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Through a dewy sheen of teen nostalgia, Reece deftly explores the weight of political events on individual lives. Her supple, visceral prose evokes North Wales in all its complexity, beautifully rendered in water, resin and sky''
      Jessica Andrews, author of Saltwater and Milk Teeth

      ''Francesca Reece is a devastatingly compelling new voice in literary fiction''
      Louise O''Neill, author of Asking For It and Idol
      _______

      Somewhere, in a box in Margot Yates'' attic there''s a video of Gethin by the lake at Ty Gwydr. He''s young - nineteen, maybe twenty. It''s late spring and dusk, and a low sun leaks white light into the horizon behind the dark fringe of trees. Olwen is filming. Gethin narrows his eyes at the camera. Her bodiless voice says to him, I love it here. He says, good. This place is ours.

      Forester Gethin Thomas is struggling to make ends meet in his rural hometown in North Wales. Bright, charming,

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