Little, Brown to publish new novel from Rosamund Lupton

Emma Beswetherick, with David Shelley at Little, Brown Book Group, announce the acquisition of a new novel from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling writer, Rosamund Lupton, from Felicity Blunt at Curtis Brown.

Set in the extreme landscape of Alaska, The Quality of Silence follows the story of Yasmin and her deaf daughter Ruby. Yasmin arrives in Alaska to be told her husband, Matt, is dead, the victim of a catastrophic accident. Yasmin, unable to accept this as truth, sets out into the frozen winter landscape, taking Ruby with her in search of answers. But as a storm closes in, Yasmin realises that a very human danger may be keeping pace with them. And with no one else on the road to help, they must keep moving, alone and terrified, through an endless Alaskan night.

In a story that explores the very limits of human resilience, The Quality of Silence is as much about a mother learning to hear her deaf daughter as it is about their journey across the vastness of Alaska, and proves, once again, that Rosamund Lupton is a storyteller of class and elegance.

The Quality of Silence is due to be published under Little, Brown in hardback in July 2015 with a paperback release the following year.

Emma Beswetherick says:

“Rosamund Lupton is a unique novelist and The Quality of Silence is her most astonishing accomplishment to date. The vast and unforgiving Alaskan landscape provides a powerful backdrop for a novel that is both atmospheric and haunting, and the characters of Yasmin and Ruby and the incredible journey they go on will stay with me for a very long time.”

For further information please contact Susan de Soissons on 020 7911 8069 / susan.desoissons@littlebrown.co.uk.