SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023
A best historical fiction book of 2023 (The Sunday Times)
-Unbearably moving.--Financial Times
-Enthralling.--Victoria Hislop
"Compelling, atmospheric and raw."-Ruth Jones, writer, actor and comedian
Isolated from society, Emily Bront-nd her siblings spend their days inventing elaborate fictional realms or roaming the wild moors above their family home in Yorkshire. When the time comes for them to venture out into the world to earn a living, each of them struggles to adapt, but for Emily the change is catastrophic. Torn from the landscape to which she has become so passionately bound, she is simply unable to function.
To the outside world, Emily Bront-ppears taciturn and unexceptional, but beneath the surface her mind is in a creative ferment. A violent phenomenon is about to burst forth that will fuse her imagin
