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Careless

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**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 voicePANDORA SYKES
‘Moving and beautifully written’ LIBBY PAGE
‘A rare new talent’ THE GUARDIAN
A book that deserves to be a huge hitSTYLIST
‘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…

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Reviews

Vivid, bold and beautifully observed
ABBIE GREAVES
Elegant and empathic [...] a portrait of how it feels to be young, brazen and terrified
JESSICA MOOR
Moving and beautifully-written
LIBBY PAGE
Heroic and powerful, but also tender; this is such an important novel
CHARLOTTE MENDELSON
It's not often that life in care is talked about, which is just one of the reasons we love this book
COSMOPOLITAN
I am so proud of my super-talented former student, Kirsty Capes. I'm so impressed with how her writing has flourished with the cracking characters and energetic prose of her fantastic debut novel
BERNARDINE EVARISTO
Real, raw, heart-wrenching and so wonderfully written
JESSICA RYN
So good I'm lying in a tepid bath because my 15 minutes reading turned into 45. What a voice!
AMY BEASHEL
Bess's narration is neither bitter nor self-pitying. Rather, her pragmatism, and humour, make her a compelling protagonist
BBC
Careless stands out, a coming-of-age novel that draw's on the author's own experience of growing up in care
DAILY MAIL
The literary equivalent of gold dust
BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH
A story of every day, that is never told
ANSTEY HARRIS
With a funny and flawed heroine, this is a book that deserves to be a huge hit
STYLIST
I felt this book in my gut! It's funny, it's emotional, and at times definitely heartbreaking, but Bess is a hero you can believe in
JENDELLA BENSON