Nightingale Point

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN¿S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2020A 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 . . . 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.Mary has a secret life that no one knows about, not even Malachi and Tristan, the brothers she vowed to look after.Malachi had to grow up too quickly. Between looking after Tristan and nursing a broken heart, he feels older than his twenty-one years.Tristan wishes Malachi would stop pining for Pamela. No wonder he''s falling in with the wrong crowd, without Malachi to