A review by jmatkinson1
The Slowworm's Song by Andrew Miller

5.0

Stephen Rose grew up on the Somerset Levels as part of a Quaker community. At 16 he rebelled against this and joined the army. Now, 40 years later, he is a recovering alcoholic living from day to day in his former family home. When Stephen receives a letter from a Commission into the Troubles he knows that he needs to confront his past but doing so may end with him losing his daughter, the only positive in his life.
This book is amazing. It manages to run the full gamut of emotions and the reader is wanting Stephen to survive and move forward despite all that has happened. It is not a flamboyantly written tale, the prose is tight and yet the description is so vivid. I was floored by how much I loved this book!