Briefly Very Beautiful

Instantly immersive, beautifully imagined, this is an unflinching but inspiring story about some things we're going to lose, and other things we must never lose -- LEE CHILD
The best novel I have read this year ... In the tradition of haunting dystopian fiction by women (Doris Lessing, Ursula K. Le Guin, Margaret Atwood), Briefly Very Beautiful is a poetic and sensual page-turner that perfectly captures motherhood on the brink of apocalypse * SPECTATOR, Books of the Year *
Dineen is an extraordinary writer * EVENING STANDARD, The best books to read this summer *
Impossible to put down ... Hauntingly realistic, disturbing, stylish, raw and urgent * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
A disturbing but ultimately hopeful dystopian novel * GRAZIA *
A haunting vision of our slow-motion apocalypse. This is exactly what it will be like -- MICHAEL LaPOINTE, author of The Creep
A story that burns from the page. Dineen writes about motherhood and the climate crisis with piercing clarity -- AMY TWIGG, author of Spoilt Creatures
An incredible novel ... Briefly Very Beautiful left me breathless. It is a stunning, poetic, impelling story of love and survival, which I could not stop reading -- JODIE WHITTAKER
In her debut novel, Roz Dineen unforgettably captures the fear and frenzy of a dystopian future that is coming ever closer. Her prose is gorgeous; her characters fierce and haunting. A book that is, quite literally, on fire. Very beautiful and all-too brief -- CATHERINE TAYLOR
A beautiful and timely novel, combining a tough yet tender-eyed depiction of motherhood with clear-sighted commentary on the climate crisis. This is an important book and I devoured it -- CLOVER STROUD
A poetic and sensual page-turner that perfectly captures motherhood on the brink of apocalypse * Spectator *