Kay Langdale

Minnie has lived her whole life with her sister Clara in Rosemount, her family’s beautiful, grand, crumbling house. Clara organises their daily life, and Minnie is reflective and watchful. Max lives with mother in the housing estate built around Rosemount. It is the school summer holidays, and she has a new boyfriend who is making Max’s life tricky. Slowly, hesitantly, an unlikely friendship forms between Max and Minnie as she shares with him the antiques Rosemount holds

. As Max begins to tell his story, Minnie begins to write about hers and reveals the secret which has shaped her life. A novel about courage, forgiveness and the power of friendship, The Comfort of Others is about coming to terms with the present and laying to rest the ghosts of the past.