Inside the Whale is a story about the big things that hold us together and the small things that prove our undoing. It is a dazzling celebration of the bright joys, hard losses and deep contentments borne by two eccentric families as the twentieth century unfolds. Fizzing with eclectic characters and poignant imagery, this heart-wrenching debut novel is a story to relish.
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“Full of wisdom and panache, Jennie Rooney’s poignant, moving, clear-eyed account of love and war, personal sacrifice and private pain, is a novel to truly move the spirit.”
— Liz Jensen
“A work of a singularly outlandish and compassionate imagination. . . . has one shouting its praises to anybody who is within earshot.”
— New Statesman
“Elegant, funny and moving . . . a wonderful, memorable musing on life, fate and love.”
— Sunday Express (UK)
— Liz Jensen
“A work of a singularly outlandish and compassionate imagination. . . . has one shouting its praises to anybody who is within earshot.”
— New Statesman
“Elegant, funny and moving . . . a wonderful, memorable musing on life, fate and love.”
— Sunday Express (UK)
About the Author
Jennie Rooney was born in Liverpool in 1980. She read History at the University of Cambridge before moving to London to work as a lawyer. Inside the Whale is her first novel.
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