**Longlisted for the Women s Prize for Fiction 2022!**
A COSMOPOLITAN, BBC, STYLIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and GUARDIAN BEST BOOK PICK!
Astounding. Heart-breaking but hopeful, and a fresh new voice PANDORA SYKES
Moving and beautifully written LIBBY PAGE
A rare new talent THE GUARDIAN
A book that deserves to be a huge hit STYLIST
The literary equivalent of gold dust BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH
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Sometimes it s easy to fall between the cracks...
At 3.04 p.m. on a hot, sticky day in June, Bess finds out she s pregnant.
She could tell her social worker Henry, but he s useless.
She should tell her foster mother, Lisa, but she won t understand.
She really ought to tell Boy, but she hasn t spoken to him in weeks.
Bess knows more than anyone that love doesn t come without conditions.
But this isn t a love story...
About the Author
Kirsty Capes works in publishing and, as a care leaver, is an advocate for better representation for care-experienced people in the media. She recently completed her PhD which investigates female-centric care narratives in contemporary fiction, under the supervision of 2019 Booker prize-winner, Bernardine Evaristo. Careless is her first novel.
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