'Shows us how to love one another and hold on to what matters most' Tice Cin, author of Keeping the House


Five friends. Five lives. Countless hopes.


Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli and Conor grew up on the estate together, but now Rian is rich and lives a different life. Oli is fading by the day, drinking and snorting his way through the endless boredom, while Conor has a baby on the way and a business plan he hopes will change everything. Patrick and Shiv are as in love as ever, but when an old secret is revealed it threatens to break them all apart ...


'A multivocal narrative focusing on a working-class community in Birmingham ... reminiscent of Jon McGregor's most successful novels, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and Reservoir 13' Barney Norris, Guardian


'Tender, violent, affecting ... this book takes real pleasure in language' The i


'A virtuosic and devastating exploration of the relationships that bind us, and the places that always call us back' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure [could cut this if space too tight]


'This gut-wrenching novel confirms Goddard as one of the best writers of our time' Lucia Osborne-Crowley, author of My Body Keeps Your Secrets