Synopsis
The world is a puzzling, sometimes frightening place for Jessica Fontaine. As a child she only finds contentment in playing the piano and wandering alone in the empty spaces of Audlands Hall, the dilapidated country house where she grows up. Twenty-five years later, divorced, with her son still living at home, Jessica remains preoccupied by the desire to create space around her. Then her volatile ex-husband reappears, the first of several surprises that both transform Jessica's present and give her a startling new perspective on the past. THE LANGUAGE OF OTHERS tells the absorbing story of a woman who spends much of her life feeling that she is out of step with the real world, until she discovers why. Related with humour and compassion, it offers a fresh, illuminating insight into what it means to be 'normal'.
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About the Author
Clare Morrall is a music teacher.
Review
"It’s the warmth and roundedness of her characters that give Morrall’s novels their appeal . . . a suspenseful tale with a taut, spare style and real emotional impact. In this and in its brave challenge to our assumptions about what it means to be normal it’s a more than worthy shelfmate to Astonishing Splashes of Colour." —The Guardian
"A story of self-discovery, of difficult family relationships and redemptive friendships . . . An enjoyable, engrossing read." —The Independent
"Surprisingly joyful." —Daily Mail
"Morrall’s rewarding third novel combines strong characters and vital evocations of place with a greater psychological intensity." —Financial Times
"Not only very readable, but very moving; a funny, and occasionally sad, account of what it feels like to be outside the norm." —The Times
"...subtle and absorbing... Morrall has a talent for making piteable characters triumphantly sympathetic." —Guardian
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