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An absorbing and powerful novel about blended families, love and betrayal.
Paperback - ISBN: 978-1-8381124-5-5
The Sound of It
By Alison Jean Lester
When Su, a divorced mother of one daughter, falls in love with Jeremy, a widowed father of two sons, they want to build a life together, but neither of their houses in Worcester is big enough for a family of five. They decide to build a dream house in farmland outside the city, in which to live happily ever after. For sound designer Su, it’s an opportunity to create an embracing home and heal past wounds of betrayal and loss, while failed entrepreneur Jeremy sees a chance to impress his overbearing father.
But what happens when financial misjudgements cloud the horizon? What happens when some family ties grow strong and others don’t grow at all?
The Sound of It looks at parenting and at step-parenting, when expectations are high, dreams are big, and the Internet is very dangerous.
It’s wonderful on relationships, parenting and deception, and especially piercing on the consequences of moving too fast.
The Daily Mail
An honest and gripping look at parenting, step-parenting and later-in-life love.
#1 bestselling author Adele Parks
An absorbing and powerful novel about blended families, love and betrayal.
Louisa Treger, author of Madwoman
Lester paints a fascinating picture of the trajectory of a modern relationship in this mesmerising novel. This sensitive, clever and, above all, believable portrayal will have you gripped from start to finish. Highly recommended.
Kerry Hadley-Pryce, author of The Black Country
I’ve never read anything quite like it. Hilarious, desperately sad, and utterly compelling. An extraordinary and extremely readable novel.
Fiona Mitchell, author of The Swap and The Maid’s Room
An unputdownable story of suspense, secrets and lies.
Paperback - ISBN: 978-1-8381124-3-1
Glide
By Alison Jean Lester with photographs by Andrew Gurnett
It’s November in Massachusetts. Leo Coffin is making a birthday cake for his wife, Liv, due home soon from a trip to Norway, when a stranger comes to the door claiming to be Liv’s half-brother, Morten. Too polite to make the stranger wait until Liv is home before letting him in, Leo unleashes a troubling, fascinating force into his quiet life.
When Liv returns, unable to separate fact from fiction, Leo is forced to live with mystery upon mystery, as well as a secret he’s been keeping himself. Can his marriage survive the fiction? Can it survive the truth?
This psychologically sharp, suspenseful drama is a fascinating look at the fragility of marriage and kept me guessing until the very end. A fine mystery indeed.
Neil Humphreys - Author of Bloody Foreigners
An unputdownable story of suspense, secrets and lies. Alison Jean Lester is a wonderful writer and Glide is a wonderful novel.
Anne-Marie Casey - Screenwriter and author of An Englishwoman in New York
Glide is a novel with all the building menace of the best Stephen King told with the style and compassion of Ann Patchett. The book is as revealing as one of Leo’s photographs: full of choices, perfectly observed details, and, at the core, a deeply human truth.
Chris Huntington - Author of Mike Tyson Slept Here
There is a mystery and a mysteriousness to Glide. It is a perfect example of Lester’s gift for making you feel like she’s sharing secrets. She conjures up richness and depth from the simplest of sentences, and takes you far beyond the corners of the setting into the complex heart of human relationships.
Niall Johnson - Screenwriter and director of Keeping Mum