WINNER: WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER: FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS WINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER'S CHOICE AWARD Shortlisted, Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Shortlisted, An Post Irish Novel of the Year
'I know that not since the days of my childhood, when people in books were more real than the people one saw every day, have I found myself so moved' -Â JAMES BALDWIN 'She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace . . . She will always be the rainbow in my clouds'Â OPRAH WINFREY 'She was…