LITTLE RUINS

A WATERSTONES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2025 AN iPAPER BEST NEW BOOK OUT IN AUGUST 2025 Beautifully written and deeply moving CLARE BALDING An important voice CATHY RENTZENBRINK I devoured it in a day An open hearted book CLOVER STROUDIn a remote Andalusian valley Manni Coe sets out to rebuild a crumbling 150 year old farmhouse Surrounded by olive trees and on the banks of a river it s the perfect home for his unconventional family of three But when visitors from across the river bring tragedy they lay bare Manni s own fragile foundations As family bonds are tested and old wounds resurface the rhythms of Southern Spain s land weather and work offer unexpected healing Tender and quietly joyful this is a heart mending book about human connection nature s gifts and the power of love in all its forms