Good Good Loving

‘Massively entertaining, scorching, brilliant, witty, shocking, spirited and psychologically penetrating’ Bernardine Evaristo

‘Wise, powerful, gripping and profoundly moving’ Antonia Hodgson, author of The Raven Scholar

‘A powerhouse writer’ Irenosen Okojie, author of Curandera

Ellen’s beloved, beautiful, complicated family are gathered around her hospital bed as she prepares to slip away, and boy, is she ready. You’d think she could finally get some peace and quiet, but instead her children have chosen now of all times to have a never-ending discussion about her failings. Every single tiny thing they think she’s done wrong over the years – and the one big thing too. After all the sacrifices Ellen has made for every last ungrateful one of them, they still take their father’s side. If only they knew the whole story.

Full of big personalities, big mistakes, burning love and quiet heartbreak, Good Good Loving moves backwards in time through some of the most dramatic turning points in the life of Ellen and her family. Their story is as devastating as it is joyous.