*WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2020*AS SEEN ON BBC’S BETWEEN THE COVERSONE OF STYLIST’S BEST NEW BOOKS FOR 2020’A beautiful book. I adored it.’ RICHARD OSMAN’Full of wit and soul.’ TRACY CHEVALIER’Unforgettable’ MARLON JAMES’It made me ugly cry’ JESSIE BURTON’Glorious’ RACHEL JOYCE’Spellbinding’ ANDRE ACIMANMeet the Ramdin-Chetan family: forged through loneliness, broken by secrets, saved by love. Irrepressible Betty Ramdin, her shy son Solo and their marvellous lodger, Mr Chetan, form an unconventional household.