The American Lover

A seductive collection of stories from the 'magnificent story-teller' ( Independent on Sunday ). And in the grandest house of all, Danni the Polish housekeeper catches the eye of an enigmatic visitor.

‘Superb, each story a perfectly cut jewel’ Irish Times

Powerful, involving, wide-ranging collection

Tremain presents a large cast of ill-starred characters, each laid low by their heart… But even in the most melancholy stories, Tremain delivers slivers of hope or humour to temper the tragedies… This collection highlights with subtlety and grace just how human it is to get things wrong

Warm, moving, often humorous and sometimes heartbreaking

A seemingly effortless performance... the writing glides along, elegantly dropping details that suggest a whole way of life

The American Lover is…superb, each story a perfectly cut jewel

Rose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and France’s Prix Femina (Sacred Country), and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Absolutely and Forever (2023), which was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.