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Marcia Williams thought she knew her son. She thought he was safe. She was wrong.

Today, Marcia is heading to the Old Bailey. Shes going there to do something no mother should ever have to do to attend the trial of the boy accused of her sons murder. Shes not meant to be that woman Ryan, her son, wasnt that kind of boy. But Tyson Manley is that kind of a boy and, as his trial unfolds, it becomes clear that its his girlfriend Sweetie who has the answers Marcia so badly needs and who can - perhaps - offer Marcia some kind of ...

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Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Shortlisted for the Commonwealth PrizeA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year"Deeply moving, wonderfully written . . . a study of grief and remorse.”—Times (London)"In this potent mystery . . . Edwards makes us greedy for the full story.”—New York TimesPlagued by guilt, paralyzed by shame, Jinx has spent the years since her mother's death alone, estranged from her husband, withdrawn from her son, and entrench...

Today, Marcia is heading to the Old Bailey. She's going there to do something no mother should ever have to do: attend the trial of the boy accused of her son's murder. She's not meant to be that woman, Ryan, her son, wasn't that kind of boy. But Tyson Manley is that kind of a boy and, as his trial unfolds, it becomes clear that Marcia's greatest hope for closure lies with Manley's girlfriend, Sweetie. But can Sweetie be trusted? 'Skilfully pl...

My cup of tea is on the bedside table. It is where he has always left it, every morning of the eighteen years we have been married he has made me a cup of tea, brought it up and left it on the side and normally that's all it is, a cup of tea on the side. But today is not a normal day.Today, Marcia is heading to the Old Bailey. She's going there to do something no mother should ever have to do: attend the trial of the boy accused of her son's m...

Marcia’s husband, Lloydie, expresses his tender love for his wife each morning by preparing a cup of tea and setting it by her bedside. This routine was part of the wonderful, secure life they had built, complete with a brilliant and handsome sixteen-year-old son, Ryan.Then the unimaginable happens, and in a single moment Marcia is stripped clean of everything she had presumed was hers for keeps. Ryan, not the kind of boy to find himself on th...

A haunting and powerful debut novel, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011.

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Shortlisted for the Commonwealth PrizeA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearHe just knocked, that was all, knocked at the front door and waited, like the fourteen years since the night I'd killed my mother hadn't happened at all...A" Crushed by an impossible shame, Jinx's life has been little more than a shell, estranged from her husband, she is even relieved when he takes her young son with him. When Lemon,...

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From the critically acclaimed author of A Cupboard Full of Coats comes a provocative novel of a mother enduring the loss of her child, illuminating some of the most important and troubling issues of our time.Marcia s husband, Lloydie, expresses his tender love for his wife each morning by preparing a cup of tea and setting it by her bedside. This routine was part of the wonderful, secure life they had built, complete with a brilliant and hands...