The Leveret
A Novel
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The Leveret
Narrated by:
Charlotte Worthing, Florence Howard
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Narrated by:
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Charlotte Worthing
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Florence Howard
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Anna Goldreich
From “a once in a generation talent” (Lucy Rose), a haunting hymn to queer love, this bruisingly tender debut is a testament to our ability to rebuild from the wreckage.
Moving to the countryside was supposed to fix Clare and Phoebe’s relationship. A fresh start, a change of scenery, a chance to heal after a recent, monumental loss.
Instead, Phoebe feels suffocated. Back in the rural community she ran from at seventeen and unable to face the partner she cannot help, she throws herself into work on the family farm. Clare, uninitiated and out of place, spends her days drifting around the cottage, its walls groaning and shifting as she withdraws into a world inside her head. One day, wandering through the forest nearby, Clare finds a leveret – a baby hare. She names her Isla.
But as Isla becomes wild and unruly--a kicking, biting, scratching creature—Phoebe begins to question whether Isla is a cure for Clare or a strain on her sense of reality.
Debut author Anna Goldreich has transmuted grief into a dark and delicate fantasy of refuge. The Leveret pierces, then soothes, then leaves you gasping for air.©2026 Anna Goldreich (P)2026 Penguin Audio
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Reviews
This bold debut about a woman finding healing after a late miscarriage is written with utter conviction…highly accomplished, calmly devastating…eerily moving…a triumphant first novel. (Lara Feigel)
Goldreich’s spare, beautiful prose captures the essence of both women’s struggle to grapple not only with the pain of that loss but the ever-yawning rift it has opened between them. A vivid and mesmerisingly powerful debut. (Catherine Jarvie)
Bruisingly poignant and quietly uneasy, this is a story of loss and isolation that will stay with you long after reading. (Emily Goulding)
A truly heartbreaking account of grief, love, depression and resilience. (Steven Cowan)
The Leveret is a mesmerising and haunting debut from a rare and singular talent. Anna Goldreich has written something so deeply stirring, heartbreaking and filled with ache, it transcends words. Turning the last pages, I was completely speechless. Anna's is a once in a generation talent.
Anna Goldreich writes with searing clarity and immense heart. This is a haunting novel full of rich imagery, distinct voice and so much imagination. Anna Goldreich is clearly a writer to keep an eye on.
Hugely intense and beautifully unsettling - a searing, intimate novel about grief’s wildness. I couldn’t look away.
A tender exploration of grief and the alienation felt after loss, The Leveret is a strikingly mature debut from Anna Goldreich. Clare and Phoebe's relationship to each other, the before and after of tragedy, is depicted with such sensitivity as is their relationship with Isla, leading to an incredibly touching, cathartic final scene (Joshua Jones)
A brilliantly written, brave debut. The Leveret is deeply affecting about the ferocity of care, and it bounds with all the pain and beauty that comes with that (Cynan Jones)
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