Based upon the life of Samuel Beckett, and in particular his time spent in wartime (WW2) Paris.
It's a well-written novel, which does a very good job of evoking the time and place. If you're a fan of historical/WW2 fiction, then I think you'll find a lot to like, here.

I thought this was a wonderful book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Whether I would have enjoyed it as much if I hadn't known it was about Samuel Beckett and if I hadn’t already been pretty familiar with his life and work it’s impossible to say. He's actually never named in the book so the reader needs a bit of knowledge to work it out, but certainly I found it a convincing and intriguing portrait of Beckett as man and writer – and what a lot poor old Suzanne, his companion, had to put up with. The beautifully written novel is a fictionalised account of Beckett’s time in France during the German Occupation in WWII, and his activities in the Resistance. It all felt really convincing and I have no doubt the author did her research and based her imaginative response on what is actually known. It’s a really impressive piece of fiction writing, with never a false step, and I particularly enjoyed the way Beckett’s terse style is reflected in the novel’s narrative style. Excellent.

Jo comes into the shop regularly and it's great to have such a good book from a local author. Our sales of her work really took off with Longbourn.this one has a great jacket and I loved the story. We will hand sell in store.

I really don’t think I gave A Country Road, a Tree by Jo Baker a fair chance and couldn’t concentrate properly with everything else going on. I ended up skimming through it but would still reccomend any Samuel Beckett fan to still read it. It details Beckett’s time in France with great love and care, adopting elements his style into the narrative and paying close attention to the very human side of Beckett that often gets lost.