Listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize
‘Absolutely bloody heart-rending [and] often wonderfully funny’ The Times
‘Warm, wry, thoughtful and devastating… life-enhancing’ Sunday Times
‘Wonderfully quirky and contemporary’ Observer
‘A worthy inheritor of the lip-trembling English tradition’ Guardian
‘Has an elegance… and a compassion… that’s rare to find in a debut’ Independent
‘Every moment you spend with this book will be worth it‘ (The Globe and Mail)