Sanctuary Line

'Urquhart handles the layers of narrative with lyrical aplomb' Susan Elderkin, Financial Times.

'A delicate work of rare beauty' Lucy Popescu, Independent.

'Urquhart's style is reminiscent of that of the Pulitzer-winner Marilynne Robinson' Mary Morrissey, Irish Times.

'Emotional and atmospheric' The Lady.

'Urquhart's writing is poetic, in the sense that it is beautifully compact and restrained when describing the most powerful emotions' The Times.

'Urquhart's prose is lovingly and skilfully constructed ... Her sparse plot dances and weaves like a butterfly' Sunday Business Post.