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Will Tye, a teenage boy develops his first intense crush on a girl. But the girl is his own cousin Cecelia. News of the infatuation spreads through generations of the Tye family, leaving ripples of resentment and disquiet. Told through the eyes of three women close to Will, his sister, his grandmother and his aunt, it takes us from the outbreak of WWII to the present day.

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How much can love ask of us?

Brilliant and mercurial Will Tye suffers a life changing accident. The terrible event ripples through three generations of the complex and eccentric Tye family, bringing to light old tragedies and dangerous secrets. Each member of the family holds some clue to the chain of events which may have led to the accident and each holds themselves to blame. Most closely affected is Will´s cousin Cecelia, whose affinity with Will leaves her most vulnerable to his suffering and whose own life is for ever changed by how she will respond to it.

Told through the eyes of three women close to Will, his sister, his grandmother and his aunt, Cousins is a novel weaving darkness and light which takes us from the outbreak of World War Two to the present day, exploring the recurrence of tragedy, the nature of trangression, and the limits of morality and love.

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Utterly compelling... Cousins is a remarkable book about the strange tact and terrors of family life and the histories that haunt it Adam Phillips

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Vickers, Salley
Salley Vickers is the author of many acclaimed novels including the best-selling Miss Garnet´s Angel, Mr Golightly´s Holiday, The Other Side of You and The Cleaner of Chartres (Viking 2012) and two short story collections, the latest The Boy Who Could See Death (Viking 2015). She has worked as a cleaner, a dancer, a teacher of children with special needs, a university lecturer and a psychoanalyst. She now writes and lectures full time. Find out more at www.salleyvickers.com or @SalleyVickers.

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