This gripping novel has only one major flaw - it was far too short - I wanted at least another 200 pages of these people and their lives

Victoria Hislop

'East Fortune is wonderfully alive. James Runcie has written a rich, subtle, and often funny book'

Daily Mail

'He is the simple chronicler of English post-war life, using irony and understatement to lay bare the patterns of ordinary life'

Sunday Telegraph

'James Runcie's subtle style is wrought with intense emotion, as he tells of the tragedies that threaten to unravel a struggling but essentially loving family'

Easy Living