This book really grabbed me. Jennie recommended it, and I read it in long chunks (during a quiet week in my long holiday between jobs.) I really enjoyed the way Sarah Hall describes so thoroughly, and accurately captures the ins and outs of every day experience… looking after a newborn, and travel in the UK were so accurately depicted and resonated so much that I really felt the rest of Rachel’s experiences were very real as well. At times, especially early in the story, there was a sort of narrative detachment from the protagonist. The warming up of the narrative prose as the story developed drew me in well to the plight of the wolves, and Rachel’s relationships, as well as the wider cast of characters.