Product Description
The Things That We Lost
Author: Jyoti Patel
Format: Paperback
An Observer Best Debut Novel of 2023
Winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers' Prize
Nik has lots of questions about his late father but knows better than to ask his mother, Avani. It's their unspoken rule.
But when his grandfather dies, Nik has the opportunity to learn about the man he never met. Armed with a key and new knowledge about his parents' past, Nik sets out to unlock the secrets that his mother has been holding onto his whole life.
The Things That We Lost is a beautifully tender exploration of family, loss and how far we will go to protect the ones we love.
About the Author
Jyoti Patel was born in Paris to British Indian parents and grew up in North West London. She is a graduate of the University of East Anglia's Prose Fiction MA and winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers' Prize. Her writing has previously been published as part of We Present's 'Literally' series and in the anthology for the 2022 Bristol Short Story Prize, for which she was shortlisted. Her debut novel, The Things That We Lost, was praised as one of the Observer’s 10 Best New Novels for 2023 and listed as a finalist for the Eastern Eye Arts Culture and Theatre Awards 2024.
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