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Description
From “a once in a generation talent” (Lucy Rose), a haunting hymn to queer love, this bruisingly tender debut is a testament to our ability to rebuild from the wreckage.
Moving to the countryside was supposed to fix Clare and Phoebe's relationship. A fresh start, a change of scenery, a chance to heal after a recent, monumental loss.
Instead, Phoebe feels suffocated. Back in the rural community she ran from at seventeen and unable to face the partner she cannot help, she throws herself into work on the family farm. Clare, uninitiated and out of place, spends her days drifting around the cottage, its walls groaning and shifting as she withdraws into a world inside her head. One day, wandering through the forest nearby, Clare finds a leveret – a baby hare. She names her Isla.
But as Isla becomes wild and unruly--a kicking, biting, scratching creature-Phoebe begins to question whether Isla is a cure for Clare or a strain on her sense of reality.
Debut author Anna Goldreich has transmuted grief into a dark and delicate fantasy of refuge. The Leveret pierces, then soothes, then leaves you gasping for air.
Product details
| Published | Feb 02 2027 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 9781639739035 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 8 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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This bold debut about a woman finding healing after a late miscarriage is written with utter conviction…highly accomplished, calmly devastating…eerily moving…a triumphant first novel.
Lara Feigel, The Guardian
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Goldreich's spare, beautiful prose captures the essence of both women's struggle to grapple not only with the pain of that loss but the ever-yawning rift it has opened between them. A vivid and mesmerisingly powerful debut.
Catherine Jarvie, Marie Claire
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Bruisingly poignant and quietly uneasy, this is a story of loss and isolation that will stay with you long after reading.
Emily Goulding, Cold Magazine
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A truly heartbreaking account of grief, love, depression and resilience.
Steven Cowan, Stylist
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The Leveret is a mesmerising and haunting debut from a rare and singular talent. Anna Goldreich has written something so deeply stirring, heartbreaking and filled with ache, it transcends words. Turning the last pages, I was completely speechless. Anna's is a once in a generation talent.
Lucy Rose, author of THE LAMB
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Anna Goldreich writes with searing clarity and immense heart. This is a haunting novel full of rich imagery, distinct voice and so much imagination. Anna Goldreich is clearly a writer to keep an eye on.
Jan Carson, author of THE RAPTURES

























