Getting Away

From its brilliant, ambitious premise (a story told through family holidays) to its complex and wholly absorbing characters, Getting Away is a moving insight into the beautiful complexity of ordinary lives. -- Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
Reading this book takes you around the world; telling the story of a family through multiple generations all through the holidays they take - it's Behind The Scenes At The Museum meets One Day! An absorbing, intricate novel perfect for getting away, wherever you are. -- Jennifer Saint
Deeply moving and genuinely unputdownable ... previously, the last time a book made me pause reading to phone a loved one to tell them I love them was Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason; I did it again after Getting Away. -- Lauren Brown, The Bookseller
A multi-generational epic of vacations: Kate Sawyer tells a moving story of the joys, secrets, heartbreaks, and reversals of one family's lineage with transporting vignettes of holidays reflecting the seismic shifts in travel and society. This propulsive novel is a century's worth of wisdom on how getting away from home can lead us to get closer to the mysteries of who we really are. -- Aube Rey Lescure, author of River East, River West
Cleverly and patiently, Kate unfolds this layered novel through the decades, showing all her skill as a writer. As a portrait of an evolving family, it is moving, and Kate makes big family moments work alongside gorgeous glimpses into the tiny details of their lives. -- Georgina Moore, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Garnett Girls