WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK AWARDS - FIRST BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, SCOTSMAN AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR''A beautiful book ... It warmed my heart'' MAX PORTER''Electrifying ... A pocket epic'' GUARDIANAn astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation, and the hidden lives of women - by a major new talentIn the year of 1413, two women meet for the first time in Norwich.Before they part, Julian will entrust Margery with a secret – one that will change the course of history.‘You will read it in no time but be thinking about it for ages after’ FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE, GUARDIAN, Book of the day''Miraculously conjured ... Brilliantly done'' THE TIMES, Book of the Month''The best first novel I''ve read in years ... So full and so vivid; it is amazing'' RODDY DOYLE''A vibrant portrait of female courage'' OBSERVER‘A novel of rare brightness and clarity, concise and yet capacious: it illuminates like a shaft of sunlight’ IMOGEN HERMES GOWAR