Bodies of Light

A beautiful and nuanced historical novel about maternal failures, sibling affection and the everyday savagery of family, from the author of Ghost Wall.

Ally Moberley grows up surrounded by her father's decadent paintings and her mother's disapproval. When bitterness and tragedy divide her family, Ally must leave her Manchester home and begin a new life in London, where she is determined to join the first generation of female doctors.