"A tender, comic, honest tale of five estranged London siblings (same father, different mothers) who are brought together in absurd circumstances."
Every bit as engaging and compulsive as her debut Queenie, Candice Carty-Williams’s People Person tells the poignant, funny, of-the-moment story of five siblings who share the same absent father, Jamaican-born Brixtonite Cyril Pennington. Initially solely united by their hazy childhood memories of Cyril picking them up in his legendary gold jeep, the siblings come together later in life in the wake of an accident, with an appealingly outlandish story arc that has family bonds at its heart.
At thirty, aspiring influencer Dimple is something of a lost soul. She still lives at home with her barrister mother, her reach as an influencer is woefully small, and her boyfriend is utterly unreliable. When an evening with him goes somewhat awry, Dimple reconnects with her siblings, which in turns sparks a reconnection with Cyril and his mother.
The way the siblings have each other’s backs when they farcically attempt to fix Dimple’s problem is an amusing joy, and her rocky road to self-determination addresses mental health and abandonment issues with a deft lightness of touch. Pacey, driven by mighty fine dialogue and a wild-dance of a plot, Dimple is sure to have to have Queenie fans rooting for her to find a sense of peace and belonging.
Pre-order QUEENIE IS WORKING ON IT, the brand new book from Candice Carty Williams, nowPeople Person is a triumph. Caleb Azumah Nelson | Wonderful. Marian Keyes | I loved it. Sara CollinsTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE BRITISH BOOK AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF QUEENIEIf you could choose your family, you wouldn't choose the Penningtons Dimple, Nikisha, Danny, Lizzie and Prynce are half-siblings who don't have much in common except abandonment issues. But when a catastrophic event forces them to reconnect with each other and with Cyril Pennington, the absent father they never really knew, things start to get complicated fast . . . People Person is a propulsive story of heart, humour and homecoming, about the true nature of family and the complexities of belonging.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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Pre-order QUEENIE IS WORKING ON IT, the brand new book from Candice Carty Williams, nowPeople Person is a triumph. Caleb Azumah Nelson | Wonderful.
People Person features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Sharing Diverse Voices, General Fiction, Fiction, Family Drama
Paperback, Hardback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
People Person was written by Candice Carty-Williams and published by Trapeze an imprint of Orion
People Person has 354 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
