These Streets

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From the author of Nightingale Point, longlisted for the Womens Prize for Fiction, comes a new thought-provoking and timely novel.

A sharp, funny, wonderful writer Diana Evans, Ordinary People
These Streets turns a spotlight on the strength and resilience required to overcome physical and emotional adversity that never should have been yours in the first place. Important and remarkable Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

A brilliant book written with warmth and sensitivity that I recommend most highly. I loved it unreservedly My Weekly

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Amidst the hustle and bustle of life in east London, these people are trying to hold onto hope in an ever-changing world . . .

Jess is a single mother to two teenagers. All her energy goes into keeping them safe and happy. Being faced with eviction is a setback she wasnt prepared for, but Jess never lets circumstances dent her optimism.

Hazel is Oxbridge-bound and ready to fly the nest, but shes tired of being treated like a child. It's no wonder she can't tell her mum, Jess the truth about what shes been up to lately . . .

Ben has recently moved back to east London with just his faithful dog Harold for company. When he meets Jess, he realises they've crossed paths before. But can he keep this connection hidden from the woman he's starting to fall for

As the world continues to turn, these ordinary people will soon realise that, even with everything around them changing, the whisper of hope remains.

Set in east London, These Streets is a powerful and essential story about family, community and living in Britain today, told with compassion and heart.

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Readers are giving These Streets five stars!

Powerful and rewarding . . . Goldie tells a very good story with real care and craft. There will be much praise for this book, and deservedly so Reader review,

A beautiful book about a normal family I absolutely loved it! Reader review,

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Praise for These Streets

The line between home and homelessness is extremely thin and filled with judgement, but These Streets turns a spotlight on the strength and resilience required to overcome physical and emotional adversity that never should have been yours in the first place. Important and remarkable Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

Luan Goldie is one of the most important voices in contemporary British fiction . . . A story of resilience, family and community, it is finely wrought and unnervingly timely Kia Abdullah, Next of Kin

Intense and powerful novel Platinum

A brilliant book written with warmth and sensitivity that I recommend most highly. I loved it unreservedly My Weekly

Praise for Luan Goldie

A beautiful novel. It was a real pleasure to read Jing-Jing Lee, author of How We Disappeared

Its just so masterfully written it had me completely gripped from the very first page Beth OLeary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flatshare

Luan Goldie writes with a tender, delicate hand and extraordinary compassion for her characters . . . Big-hearted, tender and hopeful . . . a true tonic for our times Kia Abdullah, author of Take It Back

Luan Goldie is one to watch. Her writing is heartfelt and sublime Abir Mukherjee, author of A Necessary Evil and Smoke and Ashes

So much warmth in the description of a working-class community . . . its not perfect or idealistic, but its warm and recognisable Jendella Benson, contributing editor for Black Ballad

Pacey and powerful Mail on Sunday

The type of story that will stay with you long after youve read the last page Closer

A story of hope, a cheer to the strength and importance of community and resilience. Beautiful, assured and sincere Platinum magazine

Author Bio

Luan Goldie is a primary school teacher, and formerly a business journalist. She has written several short stories and is the winner of the Costa Short Story Award 2017 for her short story 'Two Steak Bakes and Two Chelsea Buns'. She was also shortlisted for the London Short Story Prize in 2018 and the Grazia Orange First Chapter competition in 2012, and was chosen to take part in the Almasi League, an Arts Council-funded mentorship programme for emerging writers of colour. Nightingale Point is her debut novel