ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

My sincerest thanks go to my parents, for their generosity; to my wonderful friends and family, who support my endeavours by reading (or pretending to read) my words; to my lovely agent Chris Wellbelove, who is obliged to read them, and does so with a keen and kindly eye; to the brilliant people at Serpent’s Tail, who have made publishing this novel a joy, particularly Rebecca Gray, Anna-Marie Fitzgerald and Valentina Zanca; to the many thoughtful writers I’ve met in recent years, whose honest encouragement of new writers is a credit to them both personally and professionally; to Peter Florence and the staff at Hay Festival, who have offered me such exciting opportunities; and, as ever, to my readers – I hope you will fall in love with Henry and Jack and Ruby as easily as I did.