These Days: 'A gem of a novel, I adored it.' MARIAN KEYES

Review This fine novel by one of Northern Ireland's most accomplished contemporary writers ... brilliantly evokes wartime love and heartbreak. -- Joseph O'Connor ― Guardian So well drawn . brilliantly described . a remarkably, unusually vivid piece of storytelling. ― The Times, Book of the Month A highly accomplished novel that will surely become the defining work of fiction about the Belfast Blitz... sensationally good ... It's the kind of writing you want to inhale and feel coursing through your bloodstream. ― Sunday Times A novel of enormous heart; full of luminous passages of prose, this tale of the Belfast blitz is breathtakingly good. -- ALEX PRESTON ― Observer, Fiction to look out for in 2022 Meticulously researched, perfectly imagined, full of compassion and emotional truth. -- CLARE CHAMBERS Elegant and precise, I loved it. The vivid interiority Caldwell brings to the characters, particularly the three main women, is so impressive. I cared passionately about all of them. These Days is a gem of a novel. -- MARIAN KEYES Adroit, precise storytelling, atmospheric and satisfying; These Days is a novel of real substance. -- HILARY MANTEL Anyone who read Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies will know what a beautiful writer she is and These Days, her first novel in a decade, is really something special ... So vividly evoked, this brought what life must have been like on the Home Front to life for me like nothing I've read before. -- Alice O'Keeffe ― Bookseller, Editor's Choice What a visceral, powerful, authentic novel! It's hard to believe Lucy Caldwell didn't actually live through the Belfast Blitz, it's so accurately depicted. I felt I was there with the bombs, the blood, the chaos, the fear, and the resilience. -- TRACY CHEVALIER Caldwell's luminous novel presents a city under siege and a family in anguish. Her sense of life during wartime and her psychological portraiture cannot be faulted; the cumulative force of personal and public crisis will not be forgotten. This is storytelling of a vertiginously high order. -- ANTHONY QUINN Meticulously researched and utterly convincing, These Days recovers the lost stories of so many, bringing the past horrors of the Belfast Blitz brilliantly to life like a haunting flare. -- SARAH GILMARTIN Beautiful, lyrical, and deeply moving, These Days is a wonderful novel. -- LOUISE O'NEILL These Days is a deeply moving story of family, loss, sisterhood and how you can find yourself, even in the darkest of times. A truly gorgeous piece of storytelling, I could see and feel every word. Another absolute triumph for Lucy Caldwell.' -- FIONA SCARLETT A captivating novel exploring a lesser known chapter of Northern Ireland's story. Caldwell has managed to capture the spirit and tenacity of the Belfast I know and love. This is a novel which looks suffering straight in the eye and yet will leave you full of hope. -- JAN CARSON Product Description AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4s BOOK AT BEDTIME A Sunday Times, Times, Irish Independent, Spectator and Good Housekeeping Book of the Year 'Sensationally good' Sunday Times 'Remarkably, unusually vivid' The Times 'Brilliantly evokes wartime love and heartbreak.' Guardian Two sisters. Four nights. One City. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the Belfast Blitz, These Days is an unforgettable novel about lives lived under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves 'Breathtakingly good . A novel of enormous heart; full of luminous passages of prose.' Observer 'Meticulously researched, perfectly imagined, full of compassion and emotional truth.' CLARE CHAMBERS Book Description From 'one of Ireland's most essential writers' (Sunday Times) comes the exquisite story of two sisters trying to survive in life and love against the backdrop