"An assured voice, a riveting story, and an odd, wrenchingly sympathetic protagonist. I would never have imagined this was a first novel."
LIONEL SHRIVER
In the tradition of Atonement and The Remains of the Day but in her own singularly arresting voice, Sadie Jones conjures up the straightlaced, church-going, secretly abusive middle-class of 1950s England...I loved reading this wonderful debut."
MARGOT LIVESEY
The Outcast is an exceptionally assured debut, compelling and emotionally absorbing. Sadie Jones's use of language is elegant and her characters heartbreaking
jojo MOYES