<p><b>'Vivid, memorable and beautifully crafted’ - Sarah Moss, <i>author of Summerwater</i></b><br><b>'A </b><b>brilliant collection, from a remarkable talent' - Joseph O'Connor, author of <i>Shadowplay</i></b><br><br><i>Hearts and Bones</i> is a book about relationships. It explores what love does to us, and how we survive it.<br><br>A young woman learns to wield her power, leaving casualties in her wake, while a man from a small town finds solace in a strange new hobby. A watchful child feels a breaking point approach as her mother struggles to keep her life on track, and another daughter steps onto a stage while her family in the audience hope that she is strong enough now to take on the world.<br><br>First-time lovers make mistakes, brothers and sisters try to forgive one another, and parents struggle and fail and struggle again. Teenage soul
