Mongrel - Hanako Footman

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024'Mongrel is so beautiful that I became lost in it . . .

Simply, it must be read' LISA TADDEO'A brilliant explosion of writing and storytelling . . .

This feels like reading an Oscar-winning film' AISLING BEA'Heart-shatteringly visceral and precise . . .

a triumphant tribute to the self' WIZ WHARTON'This compulsive, engrossing, and gorgeous debut will utterly consume you. Read it now' STEPHANIE SCOTT Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, suppressing not only her heritage but her growing desire for her best friend Fran.