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Change, identity and complex family bonds are explored in Douglas Stuart’s moving story of a young gay man who moves back to his childhood home off the coast of Scotland.
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“This excavation of family, violence and shame is woven through with beautiful imagistic detail, and—unexpectedly—shades of hope. We loved the rich, textural detail of the story.”—The Booker Prize 2026 judges
“Douglas Stuart brilliantly weaved a layered, compelling and yet so intimate a story of identity, what it means to belong, and the courage to claim your own truth.”—Oprah Winfrey
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