The Ends of the Earth (🇬🇧) / anywhere for you (🇺🇸)
Some love stories change us forever.
For the last seven years, Mary O'Connor has waited for her first love. Every evening she arrives at Ealing Broadway station and stands with a sign which simply says: 'Come Home Jim.'
Commuters might pass her by without a second thought, but Mary isn't going anywhere. Until an unexpected call turns her world on its head.
It will take the help of a young journalist called Alice, and a journey across the country, for Mary to face what happened all those years ago.
Only with the help of others will she finally be able to answer the question: where on earth is Jim?
reviews
‘Poignant and moving, this is 2021’s standout love story so far — and one that shines a light on some very important issues. Exceptional.’
The Sun
‘Both a love story and a mystery, this tender and moving tale raises so many issues, including the importance of family and community.’
Woman’s Own
‘Combining a romance story with a detective novel, Abbie Greaves follows on from the success of her previous novel The Silent Treatment in this moving tale that espouses the power of hope, friendship and empathy.’
Wordery
‘An absolutely incredible read […] The author has provided the perfect balance of humour and heart-rending sadness and has produced a thoughtful and emotive read […] A book that can make me both laugh and cry is an absolute winner in my book and The Ends of the Earth did just that. It offers all that I want in a book and it will be one of my books of the year.’
NB Magazine
‘If you like your mysteries with a whopping side of heart, and your characters intense and raw, Greaves is the writer for you. Readers of The Silent Treatment will be struck by the way she has enhanced her talent for plotting, and newcomers will marvel at the emotional intensity of her prose.’
BookReporter
‘A tale that’s all the more heart-warming because it feels so real and relatable’
CultureFly
‘Fans of Jojo Moyes will love this intricate tale of a woman searching for answers about a lost lover.’
New Magazine
‘Anywhere for You by Abbie Greaves will break your heart and then put it back together again. For years, Mary O'Connor has visited Ealing Broadway station every day to hold a sign beseeching her lost love Jim to return home. One day, a reporter named Alice stops to ask Mary about Jim, and ends up embroiled in a love story full of mystery, heartbreak, and maybe, just maybe, a chance for happy ending.’
PopSugar
“Abbie Greaves again demonstrates with Anywhere For You (published in the UK as The Ends of the Earth) that she has an incredible gift for delicately opening up interpersonal relationships and putting them on full display, for better or for worse.”
The Nerd Daily
‘[T]he author strikes the right balance between the past and present, delving back into the lives of the characters and capturing their essence and the motivations and reasoning behind their actions…As the past and present collide, this amounts to a thoroughly immersive and engaging novel, and ultimately a heartwarming read.”
BuzzMag
“A remarkable tale of love and loss and finding something different. A tour de force.”
Katie Fforde
“This tender depiction of loss and longing is beautifully written and perfectly paced and gets right to the heart of what it means to love someone. Mary and Jim’s story will draw you in, keep you guessing and stir up every available emotion. A truly enthralling, moving read - I loved it.”
Holly Miller, author of The Sight of You
“Tender and intriguing, this pageturning story of loss and longing will twist your heart.”
Rachel Hore
“A gorgeous story about hope, healing and human connection - one of those rare novels that is as elegantly written as it is emotionally raw. Greaves’s words will stay with me for a long time.”
— Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read
translated editions
Forthcoming translations: Hebrew, Italian, Lithuanian.