Why read Nesting?

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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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Why read it?

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

Sally Jenkins

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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.

From Sally's 3 favorite reads in 2025.