The Wolf Border - Tapa blanda

"Where does freedom end and wildness begin? Self-preservation and intimacy? Sex and commitment? These are the gray borders Hall inspects...The real story is the one about one woman's coming to terms, not only with her family, but with her own untameable nature."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

"An absorbing portrait of a woman and her conflicted relationships with family, homeland, and identity."--Booklist

"I imagine that THE WOLF BORDER -- stylish, intelligent and a cracking read -- will mark the point at which [Hall] stops being promising, and becomes something of a star."--Sunday Times (London)

"Both uplifting and enthralling, THE WOLF BORDER is as much a hymn to the rugged beauty of the Cumbrian countryside as it is an exploration of the nature of wilderness and of the durability of the human spirit. Beautiful and quite stunning."--Mail on Sunday

"A compelling, psychological drama...Ms Hall's writing demands recognition. She has a golden touch, texturing her pages with rich metaphor and lyrical prose, especially when it comes to the natural world."--The Economist

"[A] wonderfully assured page-turner...Worth reading for its style, wisdom and narrative pull, as well as for its exploration of wildness in many forms, human and lupine."--Literary Review

"[H]er sense of place is visceral, the changing of seasons as dramatic as any of the plot's set pieces."--Aberdeen Press & Journal [Scotland]

"I was swept along by the stunning prose and compelling story."--Woman & Home (UK)

"Regeneration in a multitude of guises is the mainstay of the novel; but rather than overworking the metaphor, Hall organically incorporates each and every instance into the narrative, adding a tensile strength to the base architecture upon which the story hangs ... One of the fiction highlights of this year."--The Observer

"A sumptuous study of truth and trust...A magnificently metaphorical novel: an extended exploration of myth and motherhood--indeed the myth of motherhood...A feast of the finest fiction: a captivating and cannily crafted character-focused showcase of one of Britain's most promising young novelists.--Tor.com