Into the Wreck

De: Susannah Dickey

'A rare talent, and certainly one to watch' SUNDAY TIMES
'One of literature's major new talents' OBSERVER

How do you mourn someone you never really knew?

Three siblings – Anna, Gemma and Matthew – will have to work that out quickly. Monday is the day of their gentle, but distant, father's funeral, and for the first time in a long while they are under one roof with their mother, imperious Yvonne, awaiting the arrival of their aunt Amy, an award-winning poet.

Yet, as the funeral looms, their everyday concerns refuse to diminish: will newly sex-obsessed Gemma work out what she wants from life, beyond her mother's expectations? Can Anna maintain the fine balance between desire and nonchalance with the sort-of, not-quite-exclusive boyfriend, back in London? Will Amy's past explode the relationships of the present? And, crucially, will Yvonne pull off her grand, post-funeral family dinner, the solution to what she fears may be an unsolvable problem?

Told from five different perspectives, into the wreck worries at the knotty complexities of one family's bonds, written with Susannah Dickey's trademark empathy and wit.

©2026 Susannah Dickey (P)2026 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Reseñas de la Crítica

Perfectly judged... A surprising, clever, sad and strange book which I am still thinking about long after finishing - and yet such a propulsive joy to read too (MEGAN NOLAN, on Common Decency)

Her turn of phrase, ear for dialogue, wry humour and power of observation are masterful (NELL FRIZZELL, on Common Decency)