Thank you to Ellie Gee, for helping me explore Matthew’s sketches. And to the artist, Charlotte Farmer, who has brought them to life in these pages.
I am hugely indebted to my literary agent Sophie Lambert of Tibor Jones & Associates, whose guidance – both on and off the page – was invaluable; to my editor, Louisa Joyner, and the wonderful team at HarperFiction, who turned my hopes of a book into a book; and to Nichole Argyres and the team at SMP, who with such care helped to shape this US edition.
Lastly, mostly, Emily Parker. For all of the endless reasons, this novel is dedicated to you.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
WHERE THE MOON ISN’T.
Copyright © 2013 by Nathan Filer. All rights reserved. For information address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Illustrations by Charlotte Farmer
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Filer, Nathan.
[Shock of the Fall]
Where the Moon Isn’t: a novel / Nathan Filer.—1st U.S. Edition.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-250-02698-9 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-02699-6 (e-book)
1. Schizophrenia—Patients—Fiction. 2. Life change events—Fiction. 3. Psychological fiction. I. Title.
PR6106.I44S56 2013
823'.92—dc23
2013025459
First published in Great Britain under the title
The Shock of the Fall
by HarperCollins
Publishers
First U.S. Edition: November 2013
eISBN 9781250026996
First eBook edition: September 2013