The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves

The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves is a powerful, lyrical novel that explores memory, music, trauma, and mother-daughter inheritance. Told in a series of fragmented yet interwoven memories, the novel follows Frances, a composer who revisits her past in an attempt to understand her emotionally volatile mother and the unspoken catastrophe that shaped their lives. As Frances uncovers secrets buried in family silences-ranging from childhood abuse to institutionalisation-she channels grief into artistic joy through music. Structured like a four-movement symphony, the book is both a deeply personal narrative and a broader reflection on intergenerational trauma, creativity, and the resilience of the human spirit.