The Book of Days

The Book of Days

 Anno Domini 1546. In a manor house in England a young woman feels the walls are closing round her, while her dying husband is obsessed by his vision of a chapel where prayers will be said for his immortal soul. The Book of Days is a novel of lives lived in troubled times and the solace to be found in nature and the turning seasons. Set during the English Reformation, The Book of Days explores many universal, contemporary themes: Where do we belong? What do we believe? How do we love? How do we deal with grief?

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Francesca Kay

Francesca Kay grew up in Southeast Asia and India, and subsequently lived in Jamaica, the USA, and Germany. She now lives in Oxford. Her first novel, An Equal Stillness, won the 2009 Orange Award for New Writers, and her second novel, The Translation of the Bones, was longlisted for the 2012 Women's Prize for Fiction. Her third novel, The Long Room, was published in 2016 to critical acclaim.

The Book of Days is her fourth novel.