Dutch House (Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020)

Lose yourself in the story of a lifetime - the unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller
'Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature' Guardian

Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020

A STORY OF TWO SIBLINGS, THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME, AND A PAST THAT THEY CAN'T LET GO.

Like swallows, like salmon, we were the helpless captives of our migratory patterns. We pretended that what we had lost was the house, not our mother, not our father. We pretended that what we had lost had been taken from us by the person who still lived inside.

'The best book I've read in years' Rosamund Lupton

'Her finest novel yet' Sunday Times

'The buzz around The Dutch House is totally justified. Her best yet, which is saying something' John Boyne

'A masterpiece' Cathy Rentzenbrink

'Bliss' Nigella Lawson

Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature, Guardian

Her finest novel yet, Sunday Times

A wonderful hypnotic masterpiece of a novel. The best book I've read in years -- Rosamund Lupton

Bliss -- Nigella Lawson

The buzz around The Dutch House is totally justified. Her best yet, which is saying something -- John Boyne

What a spectacular novel. A masterpiece, I'd say -- Cathy Rentzenbrink

A gloriously immersive family saga about lost inheritance, Guardian, Books of the Year

One of my top favourite contemporary writers. I don't think that there's a book of hers that I haven't put down at the end and been haunted by for weeks after, Gillian Anderson

The vicissitudes of life in a step-family unfold over five decades . A moving portrait of an unusual house and the unhappy family living in it, The Times, Book of the Year

A rare book, the kind you ration, one that grabs you by the heart and brain and pulls you right in -- Philippe Sands, Evening Standard