Careless: The hottest fiction debut of 2021 and the literary equivalent of gold dust'!
By Kirsty Capes

Searing, poignant, insightful and achingly funny,and Carelessand is an upmarket coming-of-age novel like no other, celebrating female friendship and the enduring hope to follow our dreams against all odds. Perfect for fans ofand Queenieand by Candice Carty-Williams,and Normal Peopleand by Sally Rooney andand Everything I Know About Loveand by Dolly Alderton.Aand COSMOPOLITAN,and BBC,and STYLIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGand andand GUARDIANand BEST BOOK PICK FOR 2021!'Astounding. Heart-breaking but hopeful, and a fresh new voice'and PANDORA SYKES'Moving and beautifully written'and LIBBY PAGE'Made me laugh and cry in equal measure'and GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'A book that deserves to be a huge hit'and STYLIST'The literary equivalent of gold dust'and BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH'An incredible debut novel. Kirsty Capes is one to watch'and REDTHE MUST-READ DEBUT OF THE YEAR - OUT NOW!Sometimes it's easy to fall between the cracks...At 3.04 p.m. on a hot, sticky day in June, Bess finds out she's pregnant.She could tell her social worker Henry, but he's useless.She should tell her foster mother, Lisa, but she won't understand.She really ought to tell Boy, but she hasn't spoken to him in weeks.Bess knows more than anyone that love doesn't come without conditions.But this isn't a love story...Praise forand Careless:'Vivid, bold and beautifully observed'and ABBIE GREAVES, author ofand The Silent Treatment'Moving and beautifully-written - a voice and a story that needs to be heard'and LIBBY PAGE, author ofand The Lido'A story of every day, that is never told. Uplifting and simultaneously heart-breaking'and ANSTEY HARRIS, author ofand The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton'A thought-provoking and compelling coming-of-age story, with a fearless and funny protagonist in Bess'and RICHARD ROPER, author ofand Something to Live For'Real, raw, heart-wrenching and so wonderfully written. A truly honest coming-of-age story. I laughed, cried, squirmed and couldn't stop reading'and JESSICA RYN, author ofand The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside'Heroic and powerful, but also tender; this is such an important novel'and CHARLOTTE MENDELSON, author ofand Daughters of Jerusalem'The literary equivalent of gold dust'and BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH'So good I'm lying in a tepid bath because my 15 minutes reading turned into 45. What a voice!'and AMY BEASHEL, author ofand The Sky is MineSuch an elegant and empathic book, with characters I feel I've known forever. A portrait of how it feels to be young, brazen and terrified'and JESSICA MOOR, author ofand Keeper