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Book SynopsisA powerful tale of betrayal and abandonment from a stunning new voice. When a brother and sister receive a letter from the father they haven't seen in twenty years, they must confront long-buried tensions in ways that will change them for ever.
Trade ReviewOut of Touch is a careful examination of sibling relations, the rips in family life, and the choices that must be made after a person finds themselves to be an adult. Raw and hopeful, this book is about what pulls us apart and what keeps us together. * Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of HARMLESS LIKE YOU and STARLING DAYS *
One of those books that had me ignoring my phone, family and sensible bedtimes. Immersive, gorgeously rich and beautifully written. I loved it * Lia Louis, author of SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO HAPPY *
A brilliant meditation on the bonds of kinship. Agar delivers this potent, intricate tale with scalpel like precision and tenderness. * Irenosen Okojie, author of NUDIBRANCH *
I love the way Haleh Agar writes about family and cities and parenthood and sex. Ava and Michael felt completely honest to me, finally a story about siblings I believed! Their fractured relationship really touched me and I think lots of people will relate to it * Luan Goldie, author of NIGHTINGALE POINT *
I devoured this brilliant book - it's so wise and astute on families, relationships and the strange ties that bind us. I loved it. * Rachael Lucas, author of THE TELEPHONE BOX LIBRARY *
Out of Touch is a deftly intimate, touching story with crisp prose. In this engaging debut, Agar introduces complex characters and their often painful and always moving pursuit for closure, family, belonging, love, and a place to call home. * Yvonne Battle-Felton, author of REMEMBERED *
MUST READ... [a] moving debut novel. * S MAGAZINE, SUNDAY EXPRESS *
Spanning a year, this thoughtful debut tackles both emotional and physical vulnerability while bravely challenging the orthodoxy that we can overcome anything if we only set our minds to it. It's a sensitive portrait of the prickly awkwardness of relations in a fractured family that finds a way of combining down-to-earth realism with compassion and hope. -- Stephanie Cross * DAILY MAIL *
Heartbreaking and hopeful in equal measures. -- Zoe West * WOMAN'S WEEKLY *
A riveting and captivating new novel about the complexities of sibling relations. * GRAZIA *
I thoroughly enjoyed this great debut about an estranged family, and found the fractured relationships fascinating. -- Nina Pottell * PRIMA *
