*THE INSTANT SATURDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER*
*A PANDORA SYKES/FANE BOOK CLUB PICK*
*AS FEATURED ON BBC R4 OPEN BOOK*
‘A tender story of love, grief and the transformative power of friendship’ GUARDIAN
**Bobby Palmer’s spellbinding new novel, SMALL HOURS, is available now**
Heartbreaking and heart-stealing, this modern-day fable is an unforgettable novel about sorrow, joy, friendship and love.
It is early. A young man stands on a bridge and lets out a heart-wrenching scream. From deep in the woods, something screams back.
It sounds improbable. But this is how Isaac meets the egg.
The two are unlikely companions. But their chance encounter will transform Isaac’s life in ways he cannot yet imagine.
Maybe he will finally understand why he went there that morning. Maybe he will find a way to tell the truth.
Sometimes, to get out of the woods, you have to go into them.
‘Truly one of the most beautiful stories you’ll ever read’ JOANNA CANNON
‘Unique and tender’ PANDORA SYKES
‘An arresting debut novel about grief, but in the most wonderfully oblique way’ REVEREND RICHARD COLES
‘I laughed, I cried, I sat quietly and thought about what I’d read… a future classic’ CLARE MACKINTOSH
‘Just magic’ KATE SAWYER
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THAT EGG BOOK:
‘Simply the best book I have read in years’ ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
‘Will stay with me for a long time’ ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
‘A perfect parable of hope’ ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
‘Heartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure’ ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
‘If you read only one book this year, let it be this one’ ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
*A PANDORA SYKES/FANE BOOK CLUB PICK*
*AS FEATURED ON BBC R4 OPEN BOOK*
‘A tender story of love, grief and the transformative power of friendship’ GUARDIAN
**Bobby Palmer’s spellbinding new novel, SMALL HOURS, is available now**
Heartbreaking and heart-stealing, this modern-day fable is an unforgettable novel about sorrow, joy, friendship and love.
It is early. A young man stands on a bridge and lets out a heart-wrenching scream. From deep in the woods, something screams back.
It sounds improbable. But this is how Isaac meets the egg.
The two are unlikely companions. But their chance encounter will transform Isaac’s life in ways he cannot yet imagine.
Maybe he will finally understand why he went there that morning. Maybe he will find a way to tell the truth.
Sometimes, to get out of the woods, you have to go into them.
‘Truly one of the most beautiful stories you’ll ever read’ JOANNA CANNON
‘Unique and tender’ PANDORA SYKES
‘An arresting debut novel about grief, but in the most wonderfully oblique way’ REVEREND RICHARD COLES
‘I laughed, I cried, I sat quietly and thought about what I’d read… a future classic’ CLARE MACKINTOSH
‘Just magic’ KATE SAWYER
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THAT EGG BOOK:
‘Simply the best book I have read in years’ ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
‘Will stay with me for a long time’ ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
‘A perfect parable of hope’ ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
‘Heartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure’ ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
‘If you read only one book this year, let it be this one’ ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
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Reviews
A beautiful book . . . joyful, splendidly odd and ultimately profound
A bold, beautiful undertaking
A mad, sad, funny debut
A mesmerising debut, capturing everything that's funny and sad about real life
A mesmerising debut, capturing everything that's funny and sad about real life
A strange, funny, adventurous novel which will stay with me for a long time
A tender, funny and surprising meditation on grief and hope . . . like nothing I've ever read before
An extraordinary story . . . brimming with magic and - perhaps most importantly - hope
An extraordinary story . . . brimming with magic and - perhaps most importantly - hope
Bizarre, beautiful and like nothing else I've ever read
Funny, sad, surreal, life-affirming . . . I too would like an egg
Heart-wrenching yet oddly soothing, this is utterly beautiful
I laughed, I cried, I sat quietly and thought about what I'd read . . . a future classic
I laughed, I cried, I sat quietly and thought about what I'd read . . . a future classic
I read it in one breath . . . true and tragic and funny and hopeful and big - big enough somehow to contain all of our stories and all of our lives inside it
I read it in one breath. Then I couldn't quite work out what had happened to me, but whatever it was, it was true and tragic and funny and hopeful and big - big enough somehow to contain all of our stories and all of our lives inside it
It's rare a book makes such an impact on me
One of the most inventive, funny and moving things you'll ever read
Sublime
This book is just magic
This book is just magic
This novel will be everywhere. A mad, sad, funny debut
Truly one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever read
Truly one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever read
Very moving and clever and the writing is beautiful . . . Although it starts with a death and darkness, it's a story of hope and embracing newness