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A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK
AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2025

'Tense, forensically realistic and compulsively readable. A real achievement' SUNDAY TIMES

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1 author picked Nesting as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is fiction but the book is heavy with real life. It paints such an authentic picture of the lives of families forced to live in a hotel room because of the lack of emergency social housing. Before reading Nesting, these families were just statistics to me but now they have a voice, a face and my respect. Nesting is not holiday reading but it will leave you with a new perspective on coercive control, homeless families and the strength of maternal love.

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