Kate Sawyer

‘Gorgeous and original and captivating’ – Marian Keyes, international bestselling author of Grown Ups

This recommendation from Marian Keyes is just one of dozens of rave reviews this new author has received since The Stranding was published.

Ruth lives in the heart of the city. Working, drinking, falling in love: the rhythm of her vivid and complicated life is set against a background hum of darkening news reports from which she deliberately turns away.

When a new romance becomes claustrophobic, Ruth chooses to leave behind her beloved friends and family, the failing relationship and her life in London. She travels to the other side of the world in pursuit of her dream life working with whales in New Zealand

But when Ruth arrives, the news cycle she has been ignoring for so long is now the new reality. Far from home and with no real hope of survival, she finds herself climbing into the mouth of a beached whale alongside a stranger. When she emerges, it is to a landscape that bears no relation to the world they knew before.

When all has been razed to the ground, what does it mean to build a life?

Kate Sawyer worked as an actor and producer before turning her hand to fiction. She has previously written for theatre and film. Having lived in South London for the best part of two decades she recently returned to East Anglia to have her first child as a solo mother by choice.

Please note! If you reserved a place for our online event with Kate Sawyer (originally scheduled for Wednesday 14th July) please get in touch with the shop. We’ll be delighted to welcome you to this live event free of charge!

Please also note this event has moved from St Peter’s Church to the shop!