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''A novelist to turn to if you want to laugh and cry on alternating pages'' LOTTIE HAZELL , author of Piglet ''A triumph'' JENNIE GODFREY , author of The List of Suspicious Things -- If you stood before sunrise in this wild old place, looking through the trees into the garden, here''s what you''d see: A father and son, a fox standing between them. Jack, home for the first time in years, still determined to be the opposite of his father. Gerry, who would rather talk to animals than the angry man back under his roof. Everything that follows is because of the fox, and because Jack''s mother is missing. It spans generations of big dreams and lost time, unexpected connections and things falling apart, great wide worlds and the moments that define us. If you met them in the small hours, you''d begin to piece together their story. Equal parts uplifting and moving, with a cast of unforgettable characters, Small Hours is the tender yet powerful new novel from Bobby Palmer, author of Isaac and the Egg . ***READER REVIEWS*** ''Such a beautiful, emotional read'' ''I was swept away in the story and yes I may have shed a tear or two'' ''Bobby Palmer takes every raw human emotion that we aren''t always good at voicing, and manages to describe them 100% correctly... he voices the words in your heart'' ''Like nothing I''ve experienced before and I can''t get enough'' ''I promise you, this is novel that will stay with you a long time'' PRAISE FOR ISAAC AND THE EGG ''A tender story of love, grief and the transformative power of friendship'' Guardian ''Truly one of the most beautiful stories you will ever read'' Joanna Cannon ''Will linger longer after the final page'' Independent ''Unique, tender and funny'' Pandora Sykes ''A future classic'' Clare Mackintosh ''Like nothing I''ve ever read before'' Stylist ''An arresting debut novel about grief in the most wonderfully oblique way'' Reverend Richard Coles ''Just magic'' Kate Sawyer ...
About the author
BOBBY PALMER is an author and journalist. His critically acclaimed debut novel, Isaac and the Egg, was published in 2022 and was a Waterstones paperback of the year. He co-hosted the literary podcast Book Chat with Pandora Sykes, and his writing has appeared in GQ, Esquire, Men's Health, Cosmopolitan and more.
Visit www.bobbypalmer.co.uk for more news about Bobby and his writing or follow him on X and Instagram @thebobpalmer.
Summary
From the bestselling author of Isaac and the Egg...
'I devoured this... my very favourite reading topic: dysfunctional families and the many ways in which they can both fracture and heal' Jennie Godfrey
'One to turn to if you want to laugh and cry on alternating pages' Lottie Hazell
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There is a fox, roaming in the early hours, watching, waiting on the edge of things.
He sees a family thrown together for the first time in years. A man with wild hair, growing older and confused; his son, lost and unconnected; a daughter denied her dreams; and a wife and mother about to leave them all.
He sees the moments - big and small - that have divided them. The nighttime disappearances, the angry footsteps on the stairs, the silence at the dinner table.
But why has the fox followed them here? And can they find their way back to each other, before it's too late?
***READER REVIEWS***
'Such a beautiful, emotional read'
'I was swept away in the story and yes I may have shed a tear or two'
'Bobby Palmer takes every raw human emotion that we aren't always good at voicing, and manages to describe them 100% correctly... he voices the words in your heart'
'Like nothing I've experienced before and I can't get enough'
'I promise you, this is novel that will stay with you a long time'
PRAISE FOR ISAAC AND THE EGG
'A tender story of love, grief and the transformative power of friendship' Guardian
'Truly one of the most beautiful stories you will ever read' Joanna Cannon
'Will linger longer after the final page'Independent
'Unique, tender and funny' Pandora Sykes
'A future classic' Clare Mackintosh
'Like nothing I've ever read before' Stylist
'An arresting debut novel about grief in the most wonderfully oblique way' Reverend Richard Coles
'Just magic' Kate Sawyer
