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THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE COSTA SHORT STORY AWARD WINNER
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK A sharp, funny, wonderful writer Diana Evans, bestselling author ofOrdinary People Compelling…finely crafted, compassionateGuardian A warm, confident writer with the lightest of touchesObserver Pacey and powerfulMail on Sunday The type of story that will stay with you long after youve read the last pageCloser Brilliant…touches on race, mental health and community in a fresh wayGood Housekeeping * * * * *
On an ordinary Saturday morning in 1996, the residents of Nightingale Point wake up to their normal lives and worries. Maryhas a secret life that no one knows about, not even Malachi and Tristan, the brothers she vowed to look after.
Malachihad to grow up too quickly. Between looking after Tristan and nursing a broken heart, he feels older than his twenty-one years.
Tristanwishes Malachi would stop pining for Pamela. No wonder he's falling in with the wrong crowd, without Malachi to keep him straight.
Elvisis trying hard to remember to the instructions his care worker gave him, but sometimes he gets confused and forgets things.
Pamelawants to run back to Malachi but her overprotective father has locked her in and there's no way out. It's a day like any other, until something extraordinary happens. When the sun sets, Nightingale Point is irrevocably changed and somehow, through the darkness, the residents must find a way back to lightness, and back to each other. * * * * *
What early readers are saying aboutNightingale Point: ABSOLUTELY
FANTASTICBOOK!!!! I have been gripped A
beautiful and heartbreakingstory about working-class people and their lives both before and after tragedy I couldnt put it down…
a beautiful storyof staying strong when it matters most
A triumphant debut…This book pops, fizzes and sparkles to life