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Forty-three year old Ria is used to being alone. As a child, her life changed forever with the death of her beloved father and since then, she has struggled to find love.That is, until she discovers the swimmer.
Ben is a young illegal immigrant from Sri Lanka who has arrived in Norfolk via Moscow. Awaiting a decision from the Home Office on his asylum application, he is discovered by Ria as he takes a daily swim in the river close to her house. He is twenty years her junior and theirs is an unconventional but deeply moving romance, defying both boundaries and cultures and the xenophobic residents of Orford. That is, until tragedy occurs.
Praise for Brixton Beach:
Rich and satisfying The Times
An ambitious, lyrical novel, distinguished by its refusal to offer false consolation Times Literary Supplement
Richly characterised, elegantly modulated and deeply moving Daily Mail
A vividly sensitive writer Independent
Three remarkable novels Guardian
Praise for Mosquito and Bone China:
The prose is as polished and pictorial as an intricate piece of china Independent on Sunday
One of those rich, nourishing family sagas that seizes the imagination. The Times
Mosquito...announced a fresh lyrical talent Guardian
Readers of this novel cannot fail to be moved Spectator
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