Isaac and the Egg: full of humour and heartbreak, the magical read we all need right now

THE SATURDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER

'Truly one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever read' JOANNA CANNON

'I laughed, I cried, I sat quietly and thought about what I'd read... a future classic' CLARE MACKINTOSH

This is the story of Isaac and the Egg, a grieving young man and his unforgettable new friend, who meet at exactly the right time.

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Isaac stands alone on a bridge and screams.

Something screams back.

And that, like everything which follows, is unforgettable.


This is a book about a lot of things - grief, hope, friendship, love. It's also about what you'd do if you stumbled into the woods at dawn, found something extraordinary there, and decided to take it home.

It's a tale that might seem familiar. But how it speaks to you will depend on how you've lived until now.

Sometimes, to get out of the woods, you have to go into them. Isaac and the Egg is one of the most hopeful, honest and wildly imaginative novels you will ever read.

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THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT EGG BOOK...

'I read it in one breath... true and tragic and funny and hopeful and big - big enough somehow to contain all of our stories and all of our lives inside it' JOANNA GLEN

'This book is just magic' KATE SAWYER

'A mad, sad, funny debut' PATRICK GALE

'A tender, funny and surprising meditation on grief and hope . . . like nothing I've ever read before' STYLIST

'Fresh, original and beautifully written' RUTH HOGAN

'An utter sparkler of a novel... highly imaginative, extremely funny and profoundly empathetic' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

'Will stay with me for a long time' MARK WATSON

'Heart-wrenching yet oddly soothing, this is utterly beautiful' PRIMA 'Book of the Month'

'Sublime' BRYONY GORDON

'An extraordinary story . . . brimming with magic and - perhaps most importantly - hope' GLAMOUR

'Wonderfully playful... exquisitely written' i NEWS

'A mesmerising debut, capturing everything that's funny and sad about real life' DAVID WHITEHOUSE

'Moving and clever... Although it starts with a death and darkness, it's a story of hope and embracing newness' JUSTIN MYERS, THE GUYLINER

'Clever and imaginative' WOMAN & HOME

'Quirky and raw' GRAZIA

'Measured, comic and moving... A sad, funny and original novel about grief, loss and embracing change' DAILY MAIL

'One of the most eagerly awaited books of the year . . . an incredibly moving and at times heartbreaking - and sometimes funny - book' HELLO!

'A strange but beautiful tale about grief, which can make you laugh and cry all on the same page' IRISH EXAMINER

'A bold, beautiful undertaking' POORNA BELL

'Bizarre, beautiful and like nothing else I've ever read' ANNIE LORD