Description: During an idyllic English summer following World War II an unlikely friendship emerges between a teenage, nationalistic working class man and an older bohemian woman. While working a summer job for her, the teenager discovers an unpublished book of poetry holding a tragic secret message beyond the grave from her deceased lover, and both their lives are irrevocably changed.
Review Quotes: "A phenomenal and highly energised novel" - Sebastian Barry, "A tender, tragic but warming story of love and living amid the flux of time, the sea and the seasons, The Offing is both beautiful and beautifully told. Through its pages, Myers carefully and thoughtfully reaffirms the values and riches of human connec-tion, freedom and the joy of living on your own terms" - ROB COWEN, award-winning author of Common Ground, "It reminds me of a time when David Bowie could serve up something new with almost every album ... the book portrays an uncanny feminine touch and though the trip is gentle, there are deep undercurrents in this heart of a new rural dark-ness" - CAUGHT BY THE RIVER "Intense and evocative" - OBSERVER, Picks for 2019, "This is a poetic book with a winning generosity of spirit, moving from a folksy cel-ebration of the rural north to a revelation of the broader horizons that can come from reading and some serious culture" - SUNDAY TIMES,"One of the most interesting, restless writers of his generation ... Unfurling at the unhurried pace of a fern, it's an evocatively lyrical paean to the countryside - deeply felt and closely observed" - DAILY MAIL