Sarah Moss shortlisted for The Wellcome Book Prize 2016!

Congratulations to Sarah Moss, who has been shortlisted for The Wellcome Book Prize 2016 for SIGNS FOR LOST CHILDREN! The prize, which is open to new works of fiction or non-fiction, recognises books with a central theme that engages with some aspect of medicine, health or illness.

SIGNS FOR LOST CHILDREN is an exquisite continuation of the story in Sarah's previous novel, BODIES OF LIGHT (shortlisted for The Wellcome Book Prize 2015). Only weeks into their marriage a young couple embark on a six-month period of separation. Tom Cavendish goes to Japan to build lighthouses and his wife Ally, Doctor Moberley-Cavendish, stays and works at the Truro asylum. As Ally plunges into the institutional politics of mental health, Tom navigates the social and professional nuances of late 19th-century Japan... 

Chair of Judges, Joan Bakewell, said: 'The shortlist reflects what has moved and inspired us most about books that deal with intimate and often complex matters of the human body and human experience. Each one has found its way not just onto the shortlist, but into our hearts.'

The winner of The Wellcome Book Prize 2016 will be announced on 25th April.