I am absolutely delighted to share the cover of my upcoming third novel Getting Away which will be released this 3rd July 2025 and is available for pre-order now!
If you think you might purchase the book in its hardback form please do pre-order! Pre-orders really help authors, so if you ever want to show your support to your favourite authors please do consider doing so; they show retailers that the book is worth stocking and encourage larger orders, they spur on the publisher sales team and help publishers judge print runs.
Personally, I think the best thing about pre-orders is that, with online retailers (and some physical ones) you don't pay until the book is sent to you, so there is no initial outlay and you often forget that you placed the pre-order so when it arrives (sometimes a few days before release date!) you are suprised by a present from your past self!
Anyway, whether you pre-order or not, I hope you love this cover as much as I do! It is an original artwork by artist Vincent McIndoe, commissioned especially for the book. It depicts a scene that I love, in the book, and has a delightfully personal connection as it is based on a photograph of my Mum and my niece! Also, the handwriting for the title is mine! It really feels very special to be so involved in the creation of this beautiful cover.
So, what can I tell you about Getting Away? Well I don't want to risk any spoilers, so I'm just going to tell you what my publishers are saying:
Margaret Smith is at the beach.
It is a summer day unlike any other Margaret has ever known.The Smith family have left the town where they live and work and go to school and come to a place where the sky is blue, the sand is white, and the sound of the sea surrounds them. An ordinary family discovering the joy of getting away for the first time.Over the course of the coming decades, they will be transformed through their holiday experiences, each new destination a backdrop as the family grows and changes, love stories begin and end -- and secrets are revealed.
Coming this summer, Getting Away is a dazzlingly ambitious new novel from the author of Waterstones' Fiction Book of the Month, This Family, and the Costa shortlisted The Stranding.
If all of that hasn't convinced you to pre-order, then maybe some of these comments from some of my very first, early readers (and own favourite authors!) will convince you:
Gripping - and profound... Kate Sawyer has a great gift for capturing the tiny details that tell us everything about a person or dynamic.
- Marian Keyes, bestselling author
From its brilliant, ambitious premise (a story told through family holidays) to its complex and wholly absorbing characters, Getting Away is a moving insight into the beautiful complexity of ordinary lives.
- Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
A multi-generational epic of vacations: Kate Sawyer tells a moving story of the joys, secrets, heartbreaks, and reversals of one family's lineage with transporting vignettes of holidays reflecting the seismic shifts in travel and society. This propulsive novel is a century's worth of wisdom on how getting away from home can lead us to get closer to the mysteries of who we really are.
- Aube Rey Lescure, author of River East, River West
Cleverly and patiently, Kate unfolds this layered novel through the decades, showing all her skill as a writer. As a portrait of an evolving family, it is moving, and Kate makes big family moments work alongside gorgeous glimpses into the tiny details of their lives.
- Georgina Moore, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Garnett Girls
Confident, accomplished and full of heart. This century-spanning family saga gives us characters to care about, champion and weep for in four generations. Their story will keep you turning pages late into the night.
- Annie Garthwaite, author of The King's Mother
At turns nostalgic, funny, familiar and deeply emotional. Getting Away covers the vastness of the human experience - secrets, heartache, tragedy and triumph - in one family's holidays across almost a century and five generations. An extraordinarily accomplished novel and a deeply moving family saga.
- Kirsty Capes, author of Girls
Getting Away is an excellent homage to family complexity, nostalgia, class and generational divides.
- Phoebe Morgan, author of The Trip
I am so hugely grateful to all of these authors for reading and taking the time to send an endorsement to support the publication of this book.
Please pre-order, it will make my day!
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