Common Objects of Love provides a thought-provoking look at social and political behavior as it is - or should be - informed by Christian love
"A wonderful ode to a truly singular group of women" (Publishers Weekly)
Growing trends like observing an "Internet Sabbath"--turning off online connections from Friday night to Monday morning--highlight how increasingly desperate many of us are to unplug and bring stillness into our lives
especially when you're harboring dangerous secrets and living in close quarters with everyone who wants you dead
but dramatizes as well the tragic detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home
Land in Winter Common Objects of Love providesSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER 2025 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025 Winston Graham Historical Prize for Fiction "Tender, elegant, soulful and perfect Superb." Samantha Harvey, Booker Prize winning author of Orbital December 1962: In a village deep in the English countryside, two neighboring couples begin the day. Local doctor Eric Parry commences his rounds in the village while his pregnant wife, Irene, wanders the rooms