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Ripeness

Ripeness

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  • Release Date: 28/05/2026
  • Barcode: 9781529035520
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Imprint: Picador
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Ripeness

Ripeness

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From 1960s Italy to present-day Ireland, Ripeness is the story of a family secret that rips apart a teenage girl’s world, only for her to discover its meaning decades later.

The perfect book club spring read from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

In 1960s Italy, a family secret rips a teenage girl's world apart, only for her to discover its true meaning decades later.

'Moss makes every moment count' – The Sunday Times
'A book of lasting pleasures' – Eleanor Catton, Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries
'Powerful and beautifully written' – The Guardian


Just out of school and teetering on the brink of adulthood, Edith is sent alone to rural Italy. Her task is simple: support her sister Lydia, a brilliant but brittle ballet dancer, through the final weeks of her pregnancy. Once the baby is born, she is to make a phone call that will change all of their lives forever.

Decades later, Edith is living a contented life in Ireland, happily divorced and finally free. But with the arrival of an unexpected message, Edith must face the truth of that long-ago summer, and the secret she has carried for a lifetime.

'Tender and rueful’ – Emma Donoghue, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Room
'A delicious novel' – Literary Review
'Sublime . glorious' – Vogue
'Luminous' – Financial Times
'Beautifully crafted . absorbing and moving' – Daily Mail



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