The Leveret

A triumphant first novel … This bold debut about a woman finding healing after a late miscarriage is written with utter conviction … highly accomplished, calmly devastating and eerily moving * Guardian *
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’
Goldreich’s novel tracks a careful line through ideas of delusion, love and the nastily isolating nature of baby loss with precise and piercing lyricism * Daily Mail *
A vivid and mesmerisingly powerful debut … Goldreich’s spare, beautiful prose captures the essence of both women’s struggle to grapple not only with the pain of loss but the ever-yawning rift it has opened between them * Marie Claire *
From the Norwich-based writer Anna Goldreich, The Leveret revolves around Clare and Phoebe, who believe that moving to the countryside will solve their marital woes and give their relationship a new lease of life, especially after the miscarriage of the daughter they were expecting … Tissues at the ready * Sunday Times Style *
Hugely intense and beautifully unsettling - a searing, intimate novel about grief’s wildness — I couldn’t look away – Orla Mackey, author of ‘Mouthing’
A brilliantly written, brave debut. The Leveret is deeply affecting about the ferocity of care, and it bounds with all the pain and beauty that comes with that – Cynan Jones, author of ‘The Dig’
Bruisingly poignant and quietly uneasy, this is a story of loss and isolation that will stay with you long after reading * Cold Magazine *
A haunting and heartbreaking exploration of baby loss within a queer relationship, delicately exploring how a couple might react differently following the loss of a child depening on who carried the baby * Stylist, ‘Best Debuts 2026’ *
A compelling read … Where Anna Goldreich scores is in her visceral treatment of grief, which really hits home. And the way she draws the relationship between Clare and Phoebe is imbued with a real truth * Crack Magazine *

Anna Goldreich is a writer based in Norwich. She holds a Creative Writing Prose Fiction MA from the University of East Anglia. Her writing has been shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize 2022 and was awarded the Mslexia Short Story Runner-up Prize 2025. Her debut novel, The Leveret, is one of the most anticipated books of the year according to Sunday Times Style and Glamour. She is the co-founder of Queer Birders Norfolk.

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