At The Grand Glacier Hotel

From award-winning novelist Laurence Fearnley comes an intriguing story about recovery, reflection and reconnecting with ourselves and others.

Twenty years ago, Libby and Curtis made a promise to each other. One day, they would return to the Grand Glacier Hotel, a once-majestic resort surrounded by native bush on the West Coast of the South Island.

But when that day finally arrives, the glacier has retreated, Libby is recovering from cancer and nothing goes as planned. Separated from Curtis as a result of torrential rain and washed-out roads, Libby is left alone in the isolated hotel.

Tentatively at first, she begins to explore the complex and her surroundings, while observing the curious collection of staff and guests sharing her accommodation. Late one night, she hears a strange bird call which sets her on a journey to regain her strength and reconnect with the person she once was.

From award-winning novelist Laurence Fearnley, At the Grand Glacier Hotel is her third novel responding to the five senses. Drawing on a varied soundscape, this tangible, moving portrait of physical and emotional recovery offers a way forward, one hopeful step at a time.

Praise for the author’s other books-

‘I am such a fan of Laurence’s writing . . . I devoured Winter Time in two sittings, breathlessly, compulsively, saying to myself, this is what fiction can do.’ – PAULA GREEN

‘An experienced and accomplished writer with a command of language . . . Her evocation of the snow country is convincing and compelling.’ – OWEN MARSHALL

‘Fearnley pulls the reader into her story with a deft and inescapable grip that keeps you peering into the plot, arms out in front to keep your place in the narrative, to the last page.’ – SALLY BLUNDELL