The One True Thing

Newbery, Linda: - "Linda Newbery has published widely for young adults and children. Her first adult novel, QUARTER PAST TWO ON A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, was a Radio 2 Book Club choice; she was a Costa Prize category winner for SET IN STONE and has twice been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. With Adele Geras and Celia Rees, she hosts the literary blog WRITERS REVIEW. She is an active campaigner on animal and environmental issues and has published THIS BOOK IS CRUELTY FREE - ANIMALS AND US, a guide to compassionate living"