- Published: 1 October 2015
- ISBN: 9781909531147
- Imprint: Definitions
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $19.99
Solace of the Road
- Published: 1 October 2015
- ISBN: 9781909531147
- Imprint: Definitions
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $19.99
Solace of the Road has it all really: grit, pathos, humour, sharp observation, and a central character who catches your heart and doesn't let it go . . . Moments of intense pathos combine with humour to create a book of tremendous quality. Highly recommended
thebookbag.co.uk
An amazing book for those who love a road trip story with gritty drama and great laughs woven in
Stoke on Trent Sentinel Series
A memorably touching story with a suitably emotional ending
Guardian
This page-turner invests mundane experience and every-day language with the resonance of poetry
The Sunday Times
For readers more at home with awkward reality than sentimentality, Solace of the Road has a lot to offer. Siobhan Dowd meets every challenge with the authority of a born writer
Independent
Unexpectedly life affirming, wise and mature
The Times
This gritty, realistic novel which deploys Dowd's talent for humour, will appeal to the older teenage reader
Daily Telegraph
Real, touching, at times gritty, but laced with humour throughout it will delight teenage and adult readers alike
Irish Post
A wise and compassionate picturesque novel
Bournemouth Daily Echo
A finely constructed novel, beautifully written by a master storyteller
Inis
The life-affirming ending is especially moving for having been written while the author was terminally ill. Excellent for teenage stockings
Tablet