The Giant on the Skyline: On Home, Belonging and Learning to Let Go by Clover Stroud (SIGNED)

From the Sunday Times bestseller of The Red of my Blood and My Wild and Sleepless Nights comes an inspiring memoir about home, family, and belonging. ‘Stroud's best book yet: candid, primal, irresistibly intense.’ - Julie Myerson 'Full of personality, humour and heart … I did not want it to end.’ - Lily Dunn 'One of the books we're most looking forward to in 2024' - Good Housekeeping

What is it that makes a home? What is a home without the roots that tie you to a place? What is a home when a family is split? Clover's eldest children are leaving home for university. Her husband Pete's work is in America.

The only way for Clover and the younger children to live with him is to uproot, leave their rural life near the ancient Ridgeway in Oxfordshire and move to Washington DC. Forced to leave the home she loves, Clover sets out to explore the place where she lives, understand the history of her landscape, and work out why it is that it is so hard for her to go. In this profound and moving memoir, Clover paints a beautifully layered portrait of family, community and of belonging in a landscape that has drawn people to it for generation after generation.

Hardback, signed by the author
Publication: 9 May 2024, Transworld, Doubleday
ISBN: 9780857529152
Extent: 336 pages