''Goldie's simple, journalistic writing drags you straight into these people's lives before, during and after the disaster. 'Heart-breaking, beautifully told book that really delineates between each character and each aftermath of the plane crash' i

touches on race, mental health and community in a fresh way' Good Housekeeping 'The type of story that will stay with you long after you've read the last page' Closer 'Costa prize-winning author Goldie compassionately explores the ways her characters' lives are changed, and how they live with the aftermath' Daily Mail I read it in two sittings and am still thinking about Tristan and Malachi, as if I knew them from school' Katy Mahood, author of Entanglement it's not perfect or idealistic, but it's warm and recognisable' Jendella Benson, contributing editor for Black Ballad 'So much warmth in the description of a working class community.

Her writing is heartfelt and sublime' Abir Mukherjee, author of A Necessary Evil and Smoke and Ashes Highly recommended' 'A must read masterpiece' Full of rich characters, beautifully described. This book pops, fizzes and sparkles to life' 'A book I didn't want to put down. * * * What readers are saying about Nightingale Point: 'A beautiful and heartbreaking story about working-class people and their lives both before and after tragedy' ' A triumphant debut. 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. It's a day like any other, until something extraordinary happens.

Pamela wants to run back to Malachi but her overprotective father has locked her in and there's no way out. No wonder he's falling in with the wrong crowd, without Malachi to keep him straight.Įlvis is trying hard to remember to the instructions his care worker gave him, but sometimes he gets confused and forgets things. Tristan wishes Malachi would stop pining for Pamela. Between looking after Tristan and nursing a broken heart, he feels older than his twenty-one years. Mary has a secret life that no one knows about, not even Malachi and Tristan, the brothers she vowed to look after. finely crafted, compassionate' Guardian 'A warm, confident writer with the lightest of touches' Observer * * * On an ordinary Saturday morning in 1996, the residents of Nightingale Point wake up to their normal lives and worries. Produktbeschreibung LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2020 A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK * * * THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE COSTA SHORT STORY AWARD WINNER 'A sharp, funny, wonderful writer' Diana Evans, bestselling author of Ordinary People 'A stunning debut that heralds a new and exciting voice in fiction' Mike Gayle, bestselling author of All The Lonely People 'Compelling.

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