Imber Court is a quiet haven for lost souls. It offers a sanctuary for those who can neither live in the world, nor out of it. But beneath the gentle daily routines of the community run currents of supressed desire, religious yearning and a legend of disastrous love.
Charming, indolent Dora arrives in the midst of all this, and half-unwittingly conjures these submerged things to the surface. Shes writing about the only things that matter love, goodness and how to be happyIndependentA book that everyone whos ever been tempted to throw in the towel and become a hermit should readGuardianWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRY