<p><b>The story of a group of wildly different people whose fates are improbably yet inextricably linked, the new novel from the bestselling and prize-winning author.</b></p><p><br><b>* A <i>Sunday Times</i>, <i>Guardian</i> and <i>Financial Times</i> ¿Book to Look Out For¿ 2025 *</b><br><br>It is summer, and Sebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him with a fragile hold on reality and a persistent hunger to connect with the mother who abandoned him as a child.<br><br>His therapist, Martin, is also facing challenges, including his adopted daughter Olivia¿s tenuous relationship with her biological mother ¿ a predicament that makes Sebastian¿s struggle feel uncannily close to her own. Olivia is producing a radio series on natural disasters, which itself seems to be running parallel to the events unfolding in her personal life, as her best friend Lucy faces a grave diagnosis and her husband, Francis, pursues his mission of rewilding the world.<br><br>Over the course
