Dreams of Eleven: gripping and emotional, the debut novel from the author of PERSONAL ISLANDS

"The work I do, the pressure of the job, has always been my protection..." Richard Kirkwood has a secret ... a secret hes kept buried beneath unrelenting work. Now his wife has followed a job to New York and a corporate scandal has put him on garden leave. Hes got nowhere left to hide. So when Richard announces hes looking for Julie, a girl he last saw 40 years ago, everyone suspects hes still carrying a torch for his childhood sweetheart. But this search is so much more. How do you build bridges if youve never admitted that theyve been broken? The stunning, powerful new novel from Michael Bartlett Praise for Dreams of Eleven: "Some of the best stories are quests ... This is a book to make everyone think twice about easy assumptions" - SIMON BRETT