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Too settled

A novel about social maturation
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October 2025, no. 480

Ripeness by Sarah Moss

Picador, $34.99 pb, 304 pp

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Too settled

A novel about social maturation
by
October 2025, no. 480

Sarah Moss’s tenth novel, Ripeness, charts the burden of bearing witness to tragedies, both personal and historical. At the heart of the story are two sisters from rural Ireland: Lydia, a ballerina, and Edith, a school-leaver due to commence a degree at Oxford. When Lydia falls pregnant, the girls’s mother charges Edith with the responsibility of assisting in the birth and overseeing the transfer of the baby into the care of his adoptive mother.

Ripeness

Ripeness

by Sarah Moss

Picador, $34.99 pb, 304 pp

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ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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