The Death of Lomond Friel

Piercingly lovely…a pleasure to read – Catherine Taylor * Guardian *
A vibrant, witty and passionate tale of a family struggling to overcome tragedy…Peebles’ prose is consistently startling - there isn’t an ordinary or hackneyed sentence or sentiment in the book…beautifully expresses the joys and tribulations of family life – Ian Critchley * Daily Telegraph *
I loved it…it’s about human relationships, stark and simple, when they are tested to the limit. Who would have thought a novel about a stroke could be so compelling?… An excellent novel, tender and witty and shot through with perception of many kinds – Margaret Forster
If there is justice in the world she will be collecting prizes by the basketload for this extraordinary novel – Lesley McDowell * The Scotsman *
The delicacy and care with which she draws the stricken Lomond is the outstanding feat of this ambitions work – Rosemary Goring * Sunday Herald *
In this debut novel Sue Peebles shows herself to be a deft wordsmith, grounded, subtle, and funny – Jennie Renton * Scottish Review of Books *
This sensitive and moving narrative brings vivid, life-sized characters together in a powerful and meaningful manner. Peebles writes with an emotive energy and a lyricism that is open-hearted, focused and soulful. A debut novel worth indulging in if you’d like to introduce into your life a touch more clarity, insight and grace – Kevin MacNeil
A book that stayed with me long after I’d turned the final page. Despite their weaknesses and problems I wanted to keep hanging out with Rosie Friel and her family. Sue Peebles has created a very real cast of characters and rendered them with such style and verve, I really didn’t want to let them go. She has a great future as a writer – Louise Welsh
Peebles tells this story with skill, tempering a potentially saccharine plot with a wry authorial gaze – Adrian Turpin * Financial Times *
The Death of Lomond Friel is a very fine first novel, full of emotion, laced with wit, and crowded with observations of the surface absurdities and hidden pains of being human. It marks Sue Peebles as an assured and cunning writer – James Robertson

Sue Peebles was born in Scotland in 1955, but spent some of her childhood in Detroit. Since graduating in Psychology she has worked as a researcher, social worker and university teacher. Sue lives in Fife and this is her first novel.

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