The Long Delirious Burning Blue

THE FIRST NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE WORD-OF-MOUTH BESTSELLER IF WOMEN ROSE ROOTED

'You and me against the world, you used to sing. In the days before it became you and me against each other.'

Cat Munro - who has never taken a day off in her working life - quits her corporate job and starts flying lessons in a small plane over the Arizona desert, confronting her fear not only of death, but of life. Her mother, Laura, moves back to the Scottish village where she spent the first years of her marriage to Cat's abusive father. Though they are apart, the past connects mother and daughter, haunts them, binds them.

From the excoriating heat of the Arizona desert to the misty flow of a Highland sea-loch, Sharon Blackie's soaring first novel presents us with the transformative power of landscape, and of storytelling, in women's lives. Above all, The Long Delirious Burning Blue is a story of courage, endurance and redemption.

'It is that rarity, a first novel that smacks of not merely confidence, but authority... powerful, filmic, and achieving the kind of symmetry that novels often aspire to, but rarely reach' Scotsman


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The Long Delirious Burning Blue

THE FIRST NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE WORD-OF-MOUTH BESTSELLER IF WOMEN ROSE ROOTED

'You and me against the world, you used to sing. In the days before it became you and me against each other.'

Cat Munro - who has never taken a day off in her working life - quits her corporate job and starts flying lessons in a small plane over the Arizona desert, confronting her fear not only of death, but of life. Her mother, Laura, moves back to the Scottish village where she spent the first years of her marriage to Cat's abusive father. Though they are apart, the past connects mother and daughter, haunts them, binds them.

From the excoriating heat of the Arizona desert to the misty flow of a Highland sea-loch, Sharon Blackie's soaring first novel presents us with the transformative power of landscape, and of storytelling, in women's lives. Above all, The Long Delirious Burning Blue is a story of courage, endurance and redemption.

'It is that rarity, a first novel that smacks of not merely confidence, but authority... powerful, filmic, and achieving the kind of symmetry that novels often aspire to, but rarely reach' Scotsman


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The Long Delirious Burning Blue

by Sharon Blackie

Narrated by Kristin Atherton

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THE FIRST NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE WORD-OF-MOUTH BESTSELLER IF WOMEN ROSE ROOTED

'You and me against the world, you used to sing. In the days before it became you and me against each other.'

Cat Munro - who has never taken a day off in her working life - quits her corporate job and starts flying lessons in a small plane over the Arizona desert, confronting her fear not only of death, but of life. Her mother, Laura, moves back to the Scottish village where she spent the first years of her marriage to Cat's abusive father. Though they are apart, the past connects mother and daughter, haunts them, binds them.

From the excoriating heat of the Arizona desert to the misty flow of a Highland sea-loch, Sharon Blackie's soaring first novel presents us with the transformative power of landscape, and of storytelling, in women's lives. Above all, The Long Delirious Burning Blue is a story of courage, endurance and redemption.

'It is that rarity, a first novel that smacks of not merely confidence, but authority... powerful, filmic, and achieving the kind of symmetry that novels often aspire to, but rarely reach' Scotsman


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‘Hugely potent. A tribute to the art of storytelling that is itself an affecting and inspiring story.’ Independent on Sunday

Catriona is a high-powered lawyer with a steady job who hasn’t spoken to her mother, Laura, in

years. Upon turning 40, she decides to conquer her fear of flying by becoming a pilot. Laura has

moved back to Scotland, the country of her birth, and realizes that in her older age, she has

alienated the daughter she wanted only to love. With the help of flights, postcards, and stories

written in letters, through memories and sharp-edged conversations, mother and daughter

grapple with loss, separation, distrust, and hatred to find their way back to some kind of parallel

understanding and a recognition of the unbreakable bond that has kept them both together and

apart for years. With her blunt, gorgeous writing style and characters that seem to jump right off

the page, Blackie (Hagitude, 2022) has written a stunning, meaningful novel that will leave the

reader forever changed by the time they reach the book’s beautifully crafted, inevitable ending.

The Long Delirious Burning Blue is an absolute keeper.

— Lily Hunter  Booklist

Product Details

BN ID: 2940194388745
Publisher: Duckworth Books
Publication date: 04/11/2024
Edition description: Unabridged
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