The Long Delirious Burning Blue

'It is that rarity, a first novel that smacks of not merely confidence, but authority.' The Scotsman

From the excoriating heat of the Arizona desert to the misty flow of a north-west Highland sea-loch, Sharon Blackie's first novel presents us with landscape in all its transformative power. An honest and moving exploration of the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, The Long Delirious Burning Blue is above all a story of courage, endurance and redemption.

'Hugely potent. A tribute to the art of storytelling that is itself an affecting and inspiring story.' Independent on Sunday