§‘Can east and west ever meet in this world? Lucy Caldwell's haunting second novel, set mainly in the expat community in Bahrain during the run-up to the Iraq war, examines the possibility. The Meeting Point is compulsively readable. Its technical accomplishment, incrementally raising suspense, involving us in its characters' desires , attests to Caldwell's skills as a playwright.’

Stevie Davies, The Guardian, Saturday 5 March (read full review)

 

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‘In this her second novel, Lucy Caldwell … continues to marry the personal and the political with impressive effect … set against the backdrop of the beginning of the war in Iraq, Caldwell’s novel deftly projects the tension of the events unfolding on the larger political stage onto the personal drama enacted between its protagonists … Caldwell uses her playwright’s command of different voices to move effortlessly around her characters, and the two female’s variations in tone, whether in terms of maturity or perception, are always sharply distinguishable … it is a beautifully written novel that manages to address the momentous subjects of love and loss, and faith and betrayal, with a calm and quiet grace.’

Lucy Scholes, Sunday Times. (read full review)

 

§ ‘Beautifully written, The Meeting Point is a passionate, sensitive exploration of the lies that make family life possible and the compromises contained in every expression of love’

Kate Williams, Financial Times (read full review)

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‘The dialogue of this award-winning playwright crackles with dramatic energy. Repressed desire and resentment bubble beneath the surface, threatening to wreak havoc. […] cathartic and moving. It will stay with you.’

Freya McClelland, Independent (read more)

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‘[a] beautifully controlled and finely crafted work…’

Ross Gilfillan, Daily Mail (read more)