Susan Furber, who lives in Pimlico and works as a book editor, will publish her third novel, What Other Years Have Done, with Valley Press this September, bringing to a close a story she began writing at nineteen.

Born in Buffalo, New York and now based in London, Furber has spent over a decade following the lives of her characters across three novels: The Essence of an Hour (2021), We Were Very Merry (2023), and the forthcoming What Other Years Have Done.

Spanning post-war America through to the changing social landscape of the 1960s, the trilogy explores friendship, memory, identity, trauma, and the choices that shape women’s lives over time.

“One of the things I wanted to explore was not just how a woman changes as she ages, but how her friendships change too,” says Furber. “There are many coming-of-age stories, but fewer novels that follow women through different stages of their lives and take those experiences seriously.”

The trilogy centres on Lillie, a character Furber first created as a teenager and has lived with ever since.

“What Other Years Have Done brings together themes that run throughout all three books – friendship, motherhood, identity, memory, and the tension between the lives women choose and the lives expected of them.”

Alongside her writing, Furber works as a book editor and has lived in London for more than a decade with her husband.

What Other Years Have Done will be published by Valley Press in September 2026 and is available to pre-order now.