Summer

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021. The unmissable finale to Ali Smith's dazzling literary tour de force: the Seasonal quartet concludes in 2020 with Summer. In the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just is. trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile the world's in meltdown - and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they're living on borrowed time. This is a story about people on the brink of change. They're family, but they think they're strangers. So: where does family begin. And what do people who think they've got nothing in common have in common. Summer. PRAISE FOR SEASONAL: 'The novel of the year is obviously Autumn. ' Observer. on Autumn. 'Masterful. Winter. is utterly original' New York Times Book Review. on Winter. 'Luminous, generous, hope-filled. A dazzling hymn to hope. Ali Smith is lighting us a path out of the nightmarish now' Observer. on Spring. 'Smith's seasonal quartet of novels is a bold and brilliant experiment' Independent.