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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

This Must Be the Place

Maggie O'Farrell (author)

Paperback Published on: 27/03/2025

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17 reviews

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Unforgettable novel of a man and his marriage....

I have to confess that Maggie O'Farrell is one of my favourite writers and I've read all her novels and loved them all. I can easily say that this is her b... READ MORE

Emine at Bromley

A Great Big Hug Of A Tale From My Favourite Storyteller.

Content, that is how I felt when I finished this special special book from Maggie O'Farrell who has surely surpassed herself with this gorgeous story of Da... READ MORE

Nicole @WstonesHemel

This Must Be The Place

I've read all of Maggie O'Farrell's earlier novels and loved every one. Her writing has developed with each one and this is no exception. From the very fi... READ MORE

Libby at Truro

A beautifully-written & moving story that touches the heart!

I love Maggie O'Farrell's writing style. I'd describe it as people-watching - you find yourself immersed in the story and it feels like you are watching ev... READ MORE

Jo Turner at Lincoln High Street

A unique and wonderful read

Different strands of the lives of Daniel Sullivan and his wife, Claudette are told throughout this novel, each chapter tells a different story, with a diff... READ MORE

Emma Smith at Bedford

Synopsis

A reclusive former film star living in the wilds of Ireland, Claudette Wells thinks nothing of firing a gun if strangers get too close to her house. Why is she so fiercely protective of her family, and what made her walk out on her career at the height of her fame?

Her husband Daniel, reeling from a discovery about a woman he last saw twenty years ago, is about to make an exit of his own. It is a journey that will send him off-course, far from home. Will his love for Claudette be enough to bring him back?

This Must Be The Place crosses continents and time zones, creating a portrait of an extraordinary marriage, the forces that hold it together and the pressures that drive it apart.

Publisher information

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781035430116
Number of pages: 512
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 40 mm
Weight: 440g
Languages: English

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An amazing story!

From the first few pages I was intrigued where this story would go. Slowly as you progress through the book everything will fit together as you read about ... READ MORE

Helena

This Must Be the Place makes you feel; inspired, in awe, and grateful for having had the chance to read a true work of art

This Must Be the Place is the story of Daniel and Claudette, both as a couple and as two individuals growing up and finding their own true selves. We first... READ MORE

Page to Stage Reviews (Zarina)

I guess that this must be the place...

Maggie O’Farrell is not one to sit on her laurels nor is she one of those authors who stick to tried and tested formulas because they worked in the past. O... READ MORE

Teresa Majury

Absolutely baffled! I can't understand the rave reviews

I bought this for my holiday on the recommendation of a friend. I was so disappointed. It is banal, with stereotypical unsympathetic characters. They are u... READ MORE

Mary T Duggan

This Must Be A Place is a novel to talk about, to discuss and to debate

This Must Be The Place by Maggie O'Farrell is published in hardback by Tinder Press on 17 May 2016, and is the author's seventh novel. This Must Be The Pl... READ MORE

Anne Cater

A special place in my heart...

Other than my collection of signed copies, I never keep books after I've read them. But there's one shelf - the top one in the tall bookcase in my bedroom ... READ MORE

Being Anne

What a brilliant story teller

One of the best books ever! I did not want to finish reading it.O'Farrell has such an admirable command of the English language.

CA Lovering

Dazzlingly brilliant.

Once in a while a book comes along that leaves you breathless, that takes your world, shakes it up and leaves it spinning on a different axis. This Must Be... READ MORE

Sandra Foy

New Author to me.

I am actually still reading this book but a enjoying it'immensely.It is very here and now and easy to relate toThis is the first book I have read by this p... READ MORE

A Mancunian.

How does she do it?

How does Maggie O'Farrell manage to make each and every book so different and so complex? I loved it!

Barbara Saville

Mixed feelings

I was intrigued to read this early work by Maggie O’Farrell, as I loved Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait. I didn’t enjoy it as much as I hoped, and I lost ... READ MORE

Leonora Jacobs

This Must Be the Place

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