A mesmeric portrait of a decades-long marriage, wrapped in a powerful family mystery - for fans of ELIZABETH STROUT and BARBARA KINGSOLVER

'A darker, gruffer Elizabeth Strout' The Times

'Sarah Leipciger is a consummate storyteller' Rachel Joyce

'Tough, tender, wonderful' Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre

'A sucker-punch of a novel' Grazia
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Kathleen and Yannick have not spoken for nineteen years, not since what happened with their daughter.

Now, there’s unexpected news from the other side of the country, and the call for a road trip they can only make together.

As they rattle for hundreds of miles in a pick-up, through forests, over mountains and into service stations, a heartbreaking history reveals itself: of fierce love, complicated ex-wives and headstrong children, and of a unique bond that never really went away.

As they drive, argue, gossip and reminisce, an unexpected future begins to emerge.

Gripping, emotional, witty: MOON ROAD captures the wonder and grief of watching our children grow up; of recovering from long buried pain, and rediscovering those closest to us when we think we know all there is to know.
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EVERYONE IS GRIPPED BY MOON ROAD:

‘Delicately observed, forceful and moving' Lucy Atkins

‘Beautifully imagined. Simply gorgeous' Woman & Home

‘A truly divine book’ Prima book of the month

'Generously alive' FRANCIS SPUFFORD

'Fierce, tragic, lyrical. One of my books of the year' CLAIRE FULLER

'This book will win a prize' READER

"Moon Road reads like a darker, gruffer blue-collar version of Elizabeth Strout’s novel, Oh, William! ... a slow-burn story about people who are learning to live with the unthinkable and the unknowable. Leipciger has written an intelligent, nuanced book that doesn’t let off fireworks or rely on catchy concepts. Instead, she places her faith in quiet observations about the contradictory elements that make up our relationship with ourselves and those we love. It is, refreshingly, a novel for grown-ups." - THE TIMES

"Set against the monumental grandeur of the mountains, this is a deliberate slow burn, sensitive but unsentimental, with the central mystery secondary to the novel’s humane, memory-lingering exploration of life and hope in the shadow of loss" - DAILY MAIL

"A road trip with heart…a truly divine book, I loved both its simplicity and depth" - PRIMA Book of the Month