Ripeness with Sarah Moss
Wed 21 May 2025
7:00pm at Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, 14-15 John St, Bath, BA1 2JL
All tickets include 15% off any books purchased on the night, author talk, Q&A and signing.
Other ways to book:
Email books@mrbsemporium.com, call 01225 331155 or pop into the shop at 14-15 John Street, Bath. BA1 2JL.
We are delighted to welcome novelist Sarah Moss back to Mr B’s to discuss her new novel, Ripeness.
Moving from 1960s Italy to contemporary Ireland, Ripeness is a breath-taking story of love and the search for belonging. Sarah has long been one of our team’s most favourite writers, and we’re thrilled to welcome her back for this much anticipated new novel.
Sarah Moss is the author of several novels including the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Summerwater (being adapted for television by Channel 4) and Ghost Wall, which was longlisted for the Women’s Prize. She has also written two works of memoir, Names for the Sea, an account of her year living in Iceland, and My Good Bright Wolf published last year.
About the book:
On the brink of adulthood and just out of school, Edith finds herself travelling to rural Italy. She has been sent by her mother with strict instructions: to see her sister, ballet dancer Lydia, through the final weeks of her pregnancy, help at the birth and then make a phone call which will change all of their lives. Decades later, happily divorced and newly energized, Edith is living in contentment and comfort in Ireland.
When her best friend Méabh receives a call from an American man claiming to be her brother, Maebh must decide if she will meet him, and Edith finds herself plunged back into her own past and the story of the baby she once knew and loved.
‘The achievement of a lifetime, written by one of the best writers alive’ – Jessie Burton
‘A book of lasting pleasures’ – Eleanor Catton
‘One of our greatest living writers’ – Katherine May