“One ordinary day. One extraordinary event. Their lives changed forever.”
The people living in the Nightingale Point block of flats began the day in a very ordinary way. By the time the sun set, there had been a terrible tragedy and their lives would never be the same again.
Some authors are masters at creating characters who are described so well that you feel you would recognise them if you met them on the street, yet without using a lot of cumbersome description. Long-listed for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020, Luan Goldie’s debut novel, like many on the WPF list, is a very readable page turner which touches on themes of race, community, and mental health. The narrative is well crafted and flows easily, drawing the reader in. The people in this novel are low income and marginalised even before their lives are turned upside down, but now they must dig deep to rebound and survive. The author make you feel like you are rooting for them all! Based on real events in the UK (Grenfell Tower) and the Netherlands (Bijlmer).
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