Glasshopper by Isabel Ashdown was named as one of the Observer Review Books of the Year 2009:

“A tender and subtle novel about alcoholism that explores difficult issues in deceptively easy prose.”

As chosen by Francesca Segal, alongside The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton, An Equal Stillness by Francesca Kay, The Mayor’s Tongue by Nathaniel Rich and The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey.