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The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

A vivid, touching and original debut, following the effects of an extraordinary catastrophe on very ordinary people.

‘Ambitious road-trip epic… a moving treatise on love and loss, with the bonus of a stunning denouement’
GUARDIAN

‘Peng Shepherd’s debut novel is the real deal…a meditation on memories and personhood’
ELLE

‘Graceful and riveting’
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

‘I was both disturbed and inspired by Max’s and Ory’s journey through apocalypses large and smallPeng Shepherd has written a prescient, dark fable for the now and for the soon-to-be. THE BOOK OF M is our beautiful nightmare shadow’
Paul Tremblay, author of A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS and THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD

‘A voice that's as emotionally compelling as GONE GIRL, a novel that's as thrilling as THE STAND. Prepare to fall in love with your own shadow. And to lose sleep’
David Lipsky, New York Times best-selling author of ALTHOUGH OF COURSE YOU END UP BECOMING YOURSELF and ABSOLUTELY AMERICAN

‘THE BOOK OF M is exciting, imaginative, unique, and beautiful. Shepherd proves herself not just a writer to watch, but a writer to treasure’
Darin Strauss, bestselling author of HALF A LIFE

Peng Shepherd was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where she rode horses and trained in classical ballet, and has lived in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and New York. Her debut novel, The Book of M, has been featured in The Guardianio9 GizmodoBook Riot, and Elle Canada. She is a winner of the Elizabeth George Foundation's emerging writers grant. 

Visit Peng online at pengshepherd.com, and find her on Facebook and Twitter: @pengshepherd.

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ISBN 13 9780008225605
ISBN 10 0008225605
Title The Book of M
Author Peng Shepherd
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2018-06-28
Number of pages 496
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.