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)