MOTTLEY LEILA
u003cbu003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022u003c/bu003e u003cbu003e- THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEEu003c/bu003eu003cbu003eTHE INSTANT u003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMESu003c/iu003e BESTSELLERu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e_______________u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e'u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eMottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what u003ciu003eThe Wireu003c/iu003e did for Baltimoreu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e'u003c/bu003e u003ciu003eTHE TIMESu003c/iu003eu003cbu003e'A soul-searching portrait of survival and hope'u003c/bu003e OPRAH WINFREYu003cbu003e_______________u003c/bu003eu003ciu003eWe'll laugh because we can, until the sun disintegrates and nighttime threatensu003c/iu003e u003ciu003eto set us free just to capture us again,u003c/iu003e u003ciu003eback into the things we can't escape.u003c/iu003eKiara does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a halfway house, she fends for herself - and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother disappears for days at a time. But as the pressures of rent to pay and mouths to feed increase, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.u003cbu003eu003ciu003eNightcrawlingu003c/iu003e is an unforgettable novel about young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world, told with a humanity that is at once agonising and utterly mesmerising.u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e_______________u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e'UNFORGETTABLE'u003c/bu003e u003ciu003eGUARDIANu003c/iu003eu003cbu003e'A MAGNIFICENT DEBUT'u003c/bu003e RUTH OZEKI, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022u003cbu003e_______________u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eREADERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF u003ciu003eNIGHTCRAWLINGu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e'u003ciu003eNightcrawlingu003c/iu003e is a lyrical masterpiece' *****'This book ripped my heart out' *****'Unputdownable . . . From the first page I was hooked' *****'This is a heart-achingly necessary book which will carve a hole in your soul and stay with you forever' ***** 'It is rare to read a first novel so perfectly crafted' *****'This is an absolute must-read. Five stars out of five' *****'Completely gripping . . . This is going to be a huge bestseller' *****
