_An Evening Standard Must Read for 2021_'A wonderful book, both tender and wise' Okechukwu Nzelu'Beautifully written, this is a book of real hope and connection' StylistFrom the acclaimed author of ESCAPE ROUTES, a bittersweet story of coming-of-age in a divided world, in the tradition of TIN MAN or BLACK SWAN GREEN.It's a lonely life for Stan, at a new school that feels more ordeal than fresh start, and at home where he and his mother struggle to break the silence after his father's death. Whe ...