Careless
- Author Kirsty Capes
- Narrator Amber Gadd
- Publisher Orion
- Run Time 9 hours and 7 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect
**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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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...
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
***
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...
Critics Review
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The literary equivalent of gold dust
BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH -
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 -
Moving and beautifully-written
LIBBY PAGE -
Vivid, bold and beautifully observed
ABBIE GREAVES -
A story of every day, that is never told
ANSTEY HARRIS -
Real, raw, heart-wrenching and so wonderfully written
JESSICA RYN
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