Rest and Be Thankful

Laura is a nurse in a paediatric unit. On long, quiet shifts, she and her colleagues, clad in their different shades of blue, care for sick babies, handling their exquisitely frangible bodies, carefully calibrating the mysterious machines that keep them alive. Laura may be burned out. Her hands have been raw from washing as long as she can remember. When she sleeps, she dreams of water; when she wakes, she finds herself lying next to a man who doesn't love her any more. And there is a strange figure dancing in the corner of her vision, always just beyond her reach. Dark yet luminous, sensual yet chilling, ringing with strange music and laced with dread, 'Rest and Be Thankful' is an unforgettable novel that confirms Emma Glass as a visionary new voice. “Blends gnawing tension and surging tenderness ... At its height, Glass's battlefield prose calls to mind not a hospital soap but the literature of the trenches. This, though, is a trauma-generating war on death and despair fought for us in every city, every day” – i paper 'Gorgeously written ... It's heartbreaking but beautiful, and perfect for escaping into' - Florence Welch Out now. Save 30% when you buy it from bloomsbury.com