# In Search of Solace

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- Book: [In Search of Solace](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-mackie/in-search-of-solace) ([In Search of Solace.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-mackie/in-search-of-solace.md))
- Authors: [Emily Mackie](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-mackie)
- Publisher: sceptre
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-4894-495-4
- Published: 2014-08-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

LONGLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2015 AND THE GREEN CARNATION PRIZE 2014 Jacob Little is in trouble - existential trouble. Over ten years, he has tried out such a range of identities that he has lost all sense of who he is. Convinced that only his ex-lover Solace can help, Jacob sets off for her Scottish hometown, only to get caught up in the lives of four people with their own issues: his self-deluding landlady, a teenager looking for a grand romance, an old watchmaker obsessed with time and a young girl who believes she's a boy. Each sees Jacob in a different light. For each, he is a catalyst. But where does that leave him? Or, dear reader, you?