'Extraordinarily powerful' Mail on Sunday

'Her fine, gripping and unflinching novel' The Times

'Absorbing, uplifting and truly impressive' Daily Express

'Certainly one of her best' Daily Telegraph

'A devastatingly acute picture of a harsh rural world' The Sunday Times

'A richly satisfying novel, sometimes dark, but compulsively readable, and imagined with a warmth that makes its determined realism oddly uplifting' Sunday Express

'Next of Kin is one of Trollope's darkest books, and one of her most poignant. Leavened with welcome doses of humor and compassion, Next of Kin shows that strength can be gained from loss and grief. Change is good. But there is also much to be said for tradition, and continuity, and family, however imperfect.' USA Today

'In addition to crafting an absorbing narrative, Trollope charms with her depiction of several young children, whose speech and behavior are captured with clarity and endearing fidelity. Trollope's devoted readers are rarely disappointed, and this new novel will add to her reputation for writing psychologically nuanced fiction that's commercially viable.' Publishers Weekly