The Wilderness

A brave, intelligent book

Emma Lee-Potter, Daily Express

a forensic examination of loss and misunderstanding, a paean to the vital force of stories, and an incredibly moving look at a sword of Damocles that hangs over us all

Tom Webber, Observer

A forensic examination of loss and misunderstanding, a paean to the vital force of stories, and an incredibly moving look at a sword of Damocles that hangs over us all.

Tom Webber, Observer

A stunning composition of human fragility and intensity

Guardian

A treat for literature lovers who appreciate complexity in their novels and aren't afraid to deal with tough topics

Library Journal

An extraordinary dramatisation of a mind in the process of disintegration ... Brilliant - read it now, before it scoops up all the prizes

The Times

An extremely gifted writer

Independent on Sunday

Brave and intelligent...a mesmerising work

Independent

Closer to Virginia Woolf's meditative novels than anything else I can think of

Washington Post

Deeply original and captivating...The lyrical power of these shifting and competing narratives is matched by the absolute emotional realism of Jake's own desperate plight: his shame and anger and impotence are devastatingly recorded. And yet this is not a depressing novel, but rather one so full of urgent life that it rouses even as it terrifies.

Olivia Laing, The Observer

Harvey shows her remarkable powers of empathy and her no less remarkable literary skill. To write about a disordered mind is to court the danger of creating a work that is itself disordered. But from start to finish her control is absolute....I can think of few more distinguished literary debuts in recent years

Francis King, Literary Review

Harvey uses her precise and unostentatious style to full effect

Alexander Starritt, Times Literary Supplement

Harvey's is certainly the outstanding fictional debut to have come my way this year

Francis King, The Oldie

Harvey's novel bravely reimagines the horrors of Alzheimer's from within the ever-narrowing parameters of an architect's mind

New York Times

Impressive first novel [which] plays some original tricks with narrative

Ophelia Field, Sunday Telegraph Magazine

Intricately and delicately woven

Lucy Atkins, Sunday Times

Many novels have documented the trials of living with dementia, but this mind-bending debut throws us straight into the skewed recesses of a sufferer's brain... An exhilarating trip, but for the thought that this is a place some of us might visit one day.

Emma Hagestadt, Independent

Moving, convincing, adroit- it is a remarkably accomplished first novel and a beautiful jacket

Susan Hill, The Lady

The imagined experience of dementia is intricately, cleverly woven

Lucy Atkins, Sunday Times

This is a finely written ode to memory, identity and love

Financial Times

Touches a resounding chord of melancholy. The author, whose debut this is, is very talented

Evening Standard