Price
- £8.00 Full Price
Length
- 60
Presented By
- LITFEST
VENUE: Atkinsons Upper Hall
In Conversation with Zoe Lambert
'De Waal takes an ordinary life and renders it extraordinary' Monica Ali
Paulette's the kind of woman who likes the future all mapped out: the wedding to Denton, the Caribbean honeymoon, the gingham quilt on the baby's crib. Until one morning Garfield, Denton's friend, arrives at her door with the news that Denton won't be coming around any more, that there won't even be time for her to say goodbye.
Somehow Garfield finds his way into her bed, and sooner than anyone can believe there is a baby, and suddenly giving Bird, her son, the best of everything is what gives Paulette's life meaning. So why is it another little boy, Nellie, who keeps Paulette awake at night?
The Best of Everything is a tender celebration of kindness and its power to change lives.
'A profoundly compassionate novel of devastating power' Bernardine Evaristo
‘Kit de Waal is a writer who knows all the secret longings of the human heart’ Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of Ordinary Time
Author:
Kit de Waal is the author of My Name Is Leon (adapted for TV in 2023), The Trick to Time, and most recently The Best of Everything, and a memoir, Without Warning and Only Sometimes. She is also editor of Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers.
AGE GUIDANCE: 16+
