The Poppy Fields

What if you could sleep your grief away and wake up healed?

In The Poppy Fields, Nikki Erlick takes you to a remote clinic in the Californian desert, where people with a broken heart are put to sleep until the pain should have passed. Four strangers drive there from the Midwest, with a dog on the back seat. Ava illustrates books, Ray is a firefighter, Sasha works as an occupational therapist and Sky goes wherever the wind takes her. On the way to Ellis, the elusive founder of the clinic, each of them turns out to be carrying reasons they would rather keep to themselves.

Erlick, known for The Measure, again uses a single speculative idea to look at something very ordinary: how you carry on after loss, and what you would be willing to give up for it. A novel with a touch of magical realism, warm and melancholy at once, for readers who enjoy Matt Haig or Gabrielle Zevin. This English deluxe limited edition is a hardcover with sprayed edges and illustrated endpapers.