<p><font><b><i>Observer</i>''s ''Ten Debut Novelists'' of 2021 </b><br><b>Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize</b><br><b>Shortlisted for the Author''s Club Best First Novel Award</b><br><b><i>Harper''s Bazaar</i>''s ''Five Debut Female Authors to Read This Summer''<br></b><br>''Powerful and heartbreaking''<br><b><i>Observer<br></i></b><br>''Gripping... Razak painstakingly paints a portrait of a family; their rituals, their private languages, their shared lives''<br><b><i>The Times<br></i></b><br>''Heartbreaking and heart-warming... The character portrayal is so intricate that as the plot twists and turns, you''ll truly care what happens to them''<b><i><br>Independent</i></b><br><br>''Assured and powerful''<br><b><i>Harper''s Bazaar</i></b><br><br>''One of the best debuts I''ve ever read. It made my heart swell''<br><b>Sarah Winman, author of <i>Still Life</i></b><br><br>''A stunning, powerful work by a brave new voice in British fiction''<br><b>Anna Hope, author of <i>Exp