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 21 years. Mary has a secret life that no one knows about, not even Malachi and Tristan, the brothers she vowed to look after. On an ordinary Saturday morning in 1996, the residents of Nightingale Point wake up to their normal lives and worries. This multi-voice audiobook is narrated by five different voice actors to help bring the residents of Nightingale Point to life, for a truly immersive, authentic and satisfying audio experience. The debut novel from the winner of the Costa Short Story award Luan Goldie's poignant novel follows the differing struggles of five characters united through tragedy.Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 What we think of this book & ideas for gifting Full of rich characters, beautifully described. This book pops, fizzes and sparkles to life’ ‘A beautiful and heartbreaking story about working-class people and their lives both before and after tragedy’ What readers are saying about Nightingale Point: 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.

Between looking after Tristan and nursing a broken heart, he feels older than his twenty-one years. ‘A warm, confident writer with the lightest of touches’ Observer ‘A stunning debut that heralds a new and exciting voice in fiction’ Mike Gayle, bestselling author of All The Lonely People ‘A sharp, funny, wonderful writer’ Diana Evans, bestselling author of Ordinary People THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE COSTA SHORT STORY AWARD WINNER LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 Buy this book from or .uk to support The Reading Agency and local bookshops at no additional cost to you.

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