Observer''s ''Ten Debut Novelists'' of 2021
Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize
Shortlisted for the Author''s Club Best First Novel Award
Harper''s Bazaar''s ''Five Debut Female Authors to Read This Summer''
''Powerful and heartbreaking''
Observer
''Gripping... Razak painstakingly paints a portrait of a family; their rituals, their private languages, their shared lives''
The Times
''Heartbreaking and heart-warming... The character portrayal is so intricate that as the plot twists and turns, you''ll truly care what happens to them''
Independent
''Assured and powerful''
Harper''s Bazaar
''One of the best debuts I''ve ever read. It made my heart swell''
Sarah Winman, author of Still Life
''A stunning, powerful work by a brave new voice in British fiction''
Anna Hope, author of Exp
