'This disquieting novel is surely one of the year’s most bizarre stories … Mr. Lambert’s subtle prose enhances the novel’s creepiness, as does his refusal to fully resolve or explain its many mysteries' New York Times
'Beautifully written and crafted, and more compelling than many thrillers' Daily Mail
'A beautiful and uncanny novel by a writer who never ceases to surprise' Jenny Offill, author of Weather
'The Children’s Home is a not-nice sort of fairy tale, where the magic doesn’t sparkle prettily but boils and oozes, where the Prince has a face of tatters, where the children take grown-up revenge on their monsters. It is also, somehow, a searching, empathetic narrative about forgiveness Owen King, author of Double Feature: A Novel
'Charles Lambert could one day attain classic status' Maggie Gee
'Charles Lambert is a seriously good writer' Beryl Bainbridge
'A thoroughly original entry into the tradition of ghost stories, eschewing convention. … Compulsively readable, a one-of-a-kind literary horror story Kirkus
'This genre-bending debut is by turns dread-inducing and heartwarming, a masterful exploration of whether innocence can truly sprout from ignorance … a magical, mesmerizing tale about the courage it takes to confront the unknown' Booklist, starred review
'One book that I shall re-read and re-read again' Postcard Reviews
'Charles Lambert’s novel is entirely original … highly compelling and invigorating writing' Lonesome Reader
'Charles Lambert has crafted an exquisitely strange and deliciously dark offering … the narrative itself will haunt his readers well beyond the margins of its pages' High Voltage Magazine
'A haunting Gothic in the vein of Shirley Jackson, steeped with the mystery and imagination of Neil Gaiman’s fairy tales. Lambert’s prose is beautiful and his tale is mesmerizing' Cemetery Dance Online
'The best kind of ghost story – one that scares, one that surprises … and one that you simply can’t stop reading’ The Maine Edge
'May well be the most surprising, thought provoking and also baffling book I’ve ever read' Bailieborough Library Reading Group
'Lambert is a brilliant writer, and his absorbing new novel, The Children’s Home, is the best literary fiction I have read in some time' Seattle Book Mama
'A powerful construction of creeping dread which skilfully keeps the reader off-balance at every turn' The Star
