Chains of Sand

‘This is a wonderful book. Intriguing, moving, absorbing. It explores universal emotions, and particular feelings. It’s also a great read.’ – Daniel Finkelstein (associate editor) ‘…a terrific novel by an accomplished writer, and deserves to cause a stir, with its brutally topical setting and the frank, poignant and bitter-sweet stories of its main characters. Loved it, and would strongly recommend it.’ – Edwina Currie (politician, broadcaster and writer) ‘A beautifully observed, carefully crafted, often touching, sometimes shocking, and always compelling read.’

Born to an American musician father, and English mother, Jemma grew up in leafy Hertfordshire and studied Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge University and Broadcast Journalism at the University of Westminster. She began her career as a journalist at The Jewish Chronicle and now works freelance splitting her time between journalism, writing for stage, and prose. Her debut novel, After Before was long-listed for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction.