Devotion Hannah Kent
PAN MACMILLAN
Hannah Kent writes exquisitely. If you’ve read either of her other books ( Burial Rites, The Good People), you will know that she uses language like a true artist, writing each scene in vivid colour. For her latest novel, Kent turned to her own ancestors for inspiration – 19thcentury Germanspeaking immigrants who escaped religious persecution in Prussia to settle in South Australia. Devotion is a story about friendship and love, a celebration of place and persistence, as well as a ghost story with a twist.