It was shortlisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year 2017. Missing, Presumed was selected as one of the Guardian’s, Wall Street Journal’s and NPR's standout books of 2016. It was a Richard & Judy book club pick and has sold 200,000 copies to date in the UK. Her second, Missing, Presumed was a Sunday Times bestseller which introduced detective Manon Bradshaw. Her first novel, Homecoming, was published by Faber & Faber to critical acclaim in 2013. She worked in newspapers for 20 years, 11 of them on staff at The Guardian. Missed previous Faber Fiction Books of the Month? Read about the books from January, February and March.Susie grew up in north London, studied English at university and trained as a journalist. Simply leave them in the comment box below. Have your reading group read Homecoming? If so, we’d love to read your reviews. Watch Susie Steiner talk about Homecoming, her debut novel. She lives in London with her husband and two young sons. She was a commissioning editor on the paper for eleven years and prior to that worked for The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Evening Standard. Susie Steiner is a former Guardian journalist. But when tragedy strikes he is forced to return home - and must come to terms with his past, in order to create a future.įilled with both the joys and losses of ordinary life, Homecoming is a big-hearted drama about how a family falls apart and comes back together again from a hugely talented new writer. Max, their older son, is set to inherit the farm and his wife Primrose has news to share, but is he ready for these new responsibilities? Their younger son, Bartholomew, escaped to the south as soon as he could, building a new life for himself with his girlfriend Ruby. Ann and Joe, with more than thirty years of marriage and two sons between them, are torn between giving up and pressing on with their struggling farm.

Up on the North Yorkshire moors, the Hartle family is about to have a life-changing year. Copies can be purchased from Faber & Faber. In this exclusive offer to Reading Groups For Everyone, if you order four or more copies of the same title you will receive a 50% discount.

Running until June, Faber Fiction Book of the Month will be shining a light on a compelling new titles from both new and established authors, and giving reading groups the opportunity to enjoy them without having to wait for the paperback. This April our Faber Book of the Month is Homecoming by Susie Steiner.

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