The Wood of Suicides

Laura Woollett's debut novel follows the intense emotional journey of seventeen-year-old Laurel Marks, a repressed schoolgirl with a penchant for older men, especially her late father and her English teacher. As their clandestine relationship unfolds with its highs and lows, Woollett expertly captures the complexity of desire, obsession, and loss. The narrative explores themes of forbidden love and the tumultuous effects of grief, delivering a compelling and sophisticated story from a remarkably young author.