The Year Without Summer

Guinevere Glasfurd’s follow-up to her 2016 Costa-shortlisted debut The Words in My Hand is another superb saga, rich in both historical detail and human interest … [Glasfurd] combines her intricate storyline with an impressively realised sense of a world being dragged into the modern age - Observer

Superb … a stay-up-all-night page-turner … a beautifully written, angry, unflinching and unforgettable novel. - Financial Times

Vividly realised … this second novel does not disappoint - The Times

Glasfurd is a strikingly sharp and subtle writer who finds beauty in the bleakest situations. She has the rare ability to conjure characters vividly in a few deft strokes and the gift, rarer still, of making us care deeply about them … an angry and tender interrogation of tangibly real lives … Glasfurd’s hard-hitting admonition deserves to find its mark. - The Guardian

Glasfurd is a skilful writer and the book offers much to enjoy - Sunday Times

A rich, well-written, and entirely convincing work of historical fiction. Each story adds a dimension to the exploration of climate disaster across social class and geography … in The Year Without Summer we are offered both a vision of the past and a vision of the future - Irish Times

A vivid slice of historical fiction - Sunday Express

Guinevere Glasfurd’s ingenious and absorbing storytelling brought both the very human and epic impact of the world’s worst volcanic catastrophe to life in an indelible way that brings the past right into the present - Kirsty Wark, author of THE LEGACY OF ELIZABETH PRINGLE