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Hold Back the Night: The most gripping, emotional novel you''ll read this year

English

By (author): Jessica Moor

'ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE' KATE SAWYER
'WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN AND LODGE ITSELF IN YOUR HEART'
ERIN KELLY
'HEARTBREAKING AND LIFE-AFFIRMING' LOUISE HARE
'POWERFUL, TIMELY, IMPORTANT' BETH UNDERDOWN
BEAUTIFUL, COMPLEX AND MOVING' PLATINUM MAGAZINE
'POWERFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING' RED
'I URGE EVERYONE TO READ THIS NOVEL' ERICKA WALLER
'THESE CHARACTERS WILL WRAP AROUND YOUR HEART' ARAMINTA HALL

From the Observer debut novelist of the year, comes a blistering, heart-wrenching new novel of complicity and atonement, delving into one nurse's experience of the little-known history of conversion therapy and the heart-breaking betrayal of the AIDS crisis.


March 2020. Annie is alone in her house as the world shuts down, only the ghosts of her memories for company. But then she receives a phone call which plunges her deeper into the past.

1959. Annie and Rita are student nurses at Fairlie Hall mental hospital. Working long, gruelling hours, they soon learn that the only way to appease their terrifying matron is to follow the rules unthinkingly. But what is happening in the hospital's hidden side wards? And at what point does following the rules turn into complicity - and betrayal?

1983. Annie is reeling from the loss of her husband and struggling to face raising her daughter alone. Following a chance encounter, she offers a sick young man a bed for the night, a good deed that soon leads to another. Before long, she finds herself entering a new life of service - her home a haven for those who are cruelly shunned. But can we ever really atone?

The powerful and captivating new novel from the celebrated author of KEEPER and YOUNG WOMEN, HOLD BACK THE NIGHT is Jessica Moor's most powerful and commercial book to date. A darkly compelling character-led novel, drawing on themes of complicity and betrayal, it is bursting with talking points and absolutely perfect for reading groups.

Praise for HOLD BACK THE NIGHT and Jessica Moor:

'The literary sensation . . . heart-breaking' My Weekly

'Absolutely incredible. Intricate, heart-breaking, with perfect prose and characterisation. This is an author stepping into her power and it is a privilege to behold'
Kate Sawyer, Costa shortlisted author of The Stranding and This Family

'Beautifully written and authentic,
this novel shines an unflinching light on the darkest episodes of recent medical history. Hold Back The Night will get under your skin and lodge itself in your heart' Erin Kelly

'Powerful, at times gut-wrenching' Peter Tatchell

'Heart-breaking and life-affirming in equal measure. Dealing with the horrors of conversion therapy in the 1950s and the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, this is a story of redemption and hope as much as it is grief and shame. I absolutely loved it' Louise Hare

'Jessica Moor is a new young writer I believe in' Jeanette Winterson

'Heartbreaking and beautifully written' Heather Darwent

'A shocking, vital story that will never let you go. I urge everyone to read this novel. Jessica does not flinch away from the themes in this book, but writes with purposeful intent. She does not linger on the suffering, but shines a light on hope. An outstanding achievement' Ericka Waller

'Hold back the Night is a book about fear and power, the stories we tell ourselves and the people we hope to be. Beautiful and lyrical, these characters will wrap around your heart. I loved it'
Araminta Hall

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Product Details
  • Weight: 425g
  • Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 09 May 2024
  • Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781804181386

About Jessica Moor

Jessica Moor studied English at Cambridge before completing a Creative Writing MA at Manchester University. Moor was selected as one of the Observer's debut novelists of 2020 and her first novel Keeper was chosen by the Sunday Times Independent and Cosmopolitan as one of their top debuts of the year. Keeper was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize and an Edgar Award. Young Women is her second novel.

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