![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Brilliantly realized… a powerful study of grief, loss, guilt, depression, mental illness – and ultimately the power of love – which grips the reader on every page. She is to Perfect what Harold Fry was to : a fully rounded hero, someone to fall in love with and argue about, cherish and admonish, as though she were real… If only there were more novelists like Rachel Joyce’ Telegraph Byron Hemming knew this because James Lowe had told him and James was the cleverest boy at school. It was in order to balance clock time with the movement of the earth. Tense and engrossing… readers who loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will not be disappointed.’ Sunday Times Perfect Rachel Joyce 3.57 18,115 ratings2,389 reviews In 1972, two seconds were added to time. ‘The power of Joyce’s prose lies in small, astute observations… subtle touches give the book an intense, slightly mesmeric feel. Joyce executes this story with precision and flair… Its unputdownable factor lies in its exploration of so many multilayered emotions… It is her clever did-I-read-that-right twist at the end that really got to me and had me scrabbling back through the chapters, open-mouthed.’ Evening Standard ‘A near-flawless novel of emotional truth. Bookshop | Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwell’s Praise for Perfect ![]()
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