'Will stick with you long after you've left the page. A triumph!' Yomi Adegoke, author of THE LIST
'Sparkling . . . A beautiful celebration of the everyday defiance and quiet dreams of London's Caribbean community, and what it means to belong.' Service95
In one tiny Caribbean restaurant, three friends try to build a future in a country that refuses to see them.
Judith came to Britain believing that hard work and respectability would keep her safe. Now a nurse, she keeps her head down and sends money home, quietly hoping her sacrifices will mean something.
Mikey is angry, restless and unafraid to speak truth to power - whether through protest or paint.
And Frank? Frank's just trying to find joy wherever he can, even if everything around him is falling apart.
Their worlds collide in a small Caribbean restaurant in North West London, where the smell of Scotch bonnet drifts out the windows and life-altering decisions are made between shifts and shared meals.
Across the decades, as new generations find their way in a city that changes around them, what remains is community, memory and the pulse of something unbreakable.
Soon Come is a rich, moving debut about migration, friendship and the spaces we create when the world gives us none.
