https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BSOPAC%3A%20(ORDINARY%20%2B%20PEOPLE%20%2B%20DIANA%20%2B%20EVANS)&QRYTEXT=Anywhere%3A%20ordinary%20people%20diana%20evans%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=GEN&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3639482&CF=GEN An absolute delight to read' Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People 'A compelling hurricane of a book' Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION A major debut, blazing with style and heart, that follows a Jamaican family in Miami navigating recession, racism and Hurricane Andrew. You want a home. You want to win back your girlfriend's admiration. You want to prove that your father bet on the wrong son. 1979.Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But they soon learn that the welcome in America will be far from warm. Trelawny, their youngest son, comes of age in a society which regards him with suspicion and confusion, greeting him with the puzzled question 'What are you?' Their eldest son Delano's longing for a better future for his own children is equaled only by his recklessness in trying to secure it. As both brothers navigate the obstacles literal in their path - an unreliable father, racism, a financial crisis and Hurricane Andrew - they find themselves pitted against one another.Will their rivalry be the thing that finally tears their family apart? The thrilling linked stories in Jonathan Escoffery's If I Survive You pulse with inimitable style, heart and barbed humor while unraveling what it means to carve out an existence between cultures, homes and pay checks. They announce Escoffery as a once in a generation talent and chronicler of life at its most gruesome and hopeful. 'Escoffery's is a strong, much needed new voice in our literature' Percival Everett, Booker shortlisted author of The Trees 'A welcome reminder of what fiction can do' Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind 'An elegant meditation on belonging from a powerful new writer' Nikesh Shukla, author of Brown Baby An absolute delight to read' Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People 'A compelling hurricane of a book' Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION A major debut, blazing with style and heart, that follows a Jamaican family in Miami navigating recession, racism and Hurricane Andrew. You want a home. You want to win back your girlfriend's admiration. You want to prove that your father bet on the wrong son. 1979.Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But they soon learn that the welcome in America will be far from warm. Trelawny, their youngest son, comes of age in a society which regards him with suspicion and confusion, greeting him with the puzzled question 'What are you?' Their eldest son Delano's longing for a better future for his own children is equaled only by his recklessness in trying to secure it. As both brothers navigate the obstacles literal in their path - an unreliable father, racism, a financial crisis and Hurricane Andrew - they find themselves pitted against one another.Will their rivalry be the thing that finally tears their family apart? The thrilling linked stories in Jonathan Escoffery's If I Survive You pulse with inimitable style, heart and barbed humor while unraveling what it means to carve out an existence between cultures, homes and pay checks. They announce Escoffery as a once in a generation talent and chronicler of life at its most gruesome and hopeful. 'Escoffery's is a strong, much needed new voice in our literature' Percival Everett, Booker shortlisted author of The Trees 'A welcome reminder of what fiction can do' Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind 'An elegant meditation on belonging from a powerful new writer' Nikesh Shukla, author of Brown Baby<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Escoffery, Jonathan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Fourth Estate, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3672766&CF=GEN THE INTIMATE AND COMPELLING NOVEL FROM THE PRIZEWINNING AUTHOR OF ORDINARY PEOPLEAfter fifty years in the wilderness of London, Alice wants to live out her days in the land of her birth. Her children are divided on whether she stays or goes, and in the wake of their father's death, the imagined stability of the family begins to fray.Meanwhile youngest daughter Melissa has never let go of a love she lost, and Michael in return, even within the sturdy walls of his marriage to the sparkling Nicole, is haunted by the failed perfection of the past. As Alice's final decision draws closer, all that is hidden between Melissa and her sisters, Michael and Nicole, rises to the surface . . .Set against the shadows of a city and a country in turmoil, Diana Evans's ordinary people confront fundamental questions. How should we raise our children? How to do right by our parents? And how, in the midst of everything, can we satisfy ourselves? THE INTIMATE AND COMPELLING NOVEL FROM THE PRIZEWINNING AUTHOR OF ORDINARY PEOPLEAfter fifty years in the wilderness of London, Alice wants to live out her days in the land of her birth. Her children are divided on whether she stays or goes, and in the wake of their father's death, the imagined stability of the family begins to fray.Meanwhile youngest daughter Melissa has never let go of a love she lost, and Michael in return, even within the sturdy walls of his marriage to the sparkling Nicole, is haunted by the failed perfection of the past. As Alice's final decision draws closer, all that is hidden between Melissa and her sisters, Michael and Nicole, rises to the surface . . .Set against the shadows of a city and a country in turmoil, Diana Evans's ordinary people confront fundamental questions. How should we raise our children? How to do right by our parents? And how, in the midst of everything, can we satisfy ourselves?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Evans, Diana<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Vintage Digital, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3672767&CF=GEN After fifty years in London, Alice wants to live out her days in the land of her birth. Her children are divided on whether she stays or goes, and in the wake of their father's death, the imagined stability of the family begins to fray. Meanwhile youngest daughter Melissa has never let go of a love she lost, and Michael in return, now married to Nicole, is haunted by the failed perfection of the past. As Alice's final decision draws closer, all that is hidden between them rises to the surface . . .Set against the shadows of a city and a country in turmoil, Diana Evans's ordinary people confront fundamental questions. How should we raise our children? How to do right by our parents? And how, in the midst of everything, can we satisfy ourselves? After fifty years in London, Alice wants to live out her days in the land of her birth. Her children are divided on whether she stays or goes, and in the wake of their father's death, the imagined stability of the family begins to fray. Meanwhile youngest daughter Melissa has never let go of a love she lost, and Michael in return, now married to Nicole, is haunted by the failed perfection of the past. As Alice's final decision draws closer, all that is hidden between them rises to the surface . . .Set against the shadows of a city and a country in turmoil, Diana Evans's ordinary people confront fundamental questions. How should we raise our children? How to do right by our parents? And how, in the midst of everything, can we satisfy ourselves?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Evans, Diana<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Vintage Digital, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3433466&CF=GEN From the author of Nightingale Point, longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, comes a new thought-provoking novel.'A sharp, funny, wonderful writer' Diana Evans, bestselling author of Ordinary People'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'A sharp, funny, wonderful writer' Diana Evans, bestselling author of Ordinary PeopleJess is a single mother to two teenage children, and although life can be tough she's just about keeping things together. But when her landlord asks her to move on, so he can sell the house they're living in without warning, Jess's worries take on a whole new meaning. As Jess struggles to regain her footing, cracks begin to appear in other areas of her life, and suddenly she feels she's failing at everything. Her daughter Hazel is becoming more and more distant, her son Jacob is struggling to find where he fits in the world, and the menacing spectre of Jess's older brother, someone she cut out of her life years ago, begins to make his presence felt again.Jess knows she's the only one who can keep her family together, but how can she keep going when life keeps beating her back?Set on the streets of East London, These Streets is a searing and powerful novel that explores how we are meant to find our place in a world that is designed for only the privileged to succeed. Beautiful and honest, it is an essential story about living in Britain today.Praise for Luan Goldie:'A warm, confident writer with the lightest of touches'Observer'Exquisite eye for detail and delicate turn of phrase'Guardian'Luan Goldie writes vividly about the inner lives of characters who inhabit a world so often overlooked'Mike Gayle, bestselling author of All The Lonely People From the author of Nightingale Point, longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, comes a new thought-provoking novel.'A sharp, funny, wonderful writer' Diana Evans, bestselling author of Ordinary People'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'A sharp, funny, wonderful writer' Diana Evans, bestselling author of Ordinary PeopleJess is a single mother to two teenage children, and although life can be tough she's just about keeping things together. But when her landlord asks her to move on, so he can sell the house they're living in without warning, Jess's worries take on a whole new meaning. As Jess struggles to regain her footing, cracks begin to appear in other areas of her life, and suddenly she feels she's failing at everything. Her daughter Hazel is becoming more and more distant, her son Jacob is struggling to find where he fits in the world, and the menacing spectre of Jess's older brother, someone she cut out of her life years ago, begins to make his presence felt again.Jess knows she's the only one who can keep her family together, but how can she keep going when life keeps beating her back?Set on the streets of East London, These Streets is a searing and powerful novel that explores how we are meant to find our place in a world that is designed for only the privileged to succeed. Beautiful and honest, it is an essential story about living in Britain today.Praise for Luan Goldie:'A warm, confident writer with the lightest of touches'Observer'Exquisite eye for detail and delicate turn of phrase'Guardian'Luan Goldie writes vividly about the inner lives of characters who inhabit a world so often overlooked'Mike Gayle, bestselling author of All The Lonely People<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Goldie, Luan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : HQ, 2022<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2858306&CF=GEN South London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the brink of acceptance or revolution. Melissa has a new baby and doesn't want to let it change her but, in the crooked walls of a narrow Victorian terrace, she begins to disappear. Michael, growing daily more accustomed to his commute, still loves Melissa but can't get close enough to her to stay faithful. Meanwhile out in the suburbs, Stephanie is happy with Damian and their three children, but the death of Damian's father has thrown him into crisis - or is it something or someone else? Are they all just in the wrong place? Are any of them prepared to take the leap? South London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the brink of acceptance or revolution. Melissa has a new baby and doesn't want to let it change her but, in the crooked walls of a narrow Victorian terrace, she begins to disappear. Michael, growing daily more accustomed to his commute, still loves Melissa but can't get close enough to her to stay faithful. Meanwhile out in the suburbs, Stephanie is happy with Damian and their three children, but the death of Damian's father has thrown him into crisis - or is it something or someone else? Are they all just in the wrong place? Are any of them prepared to take the leap?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Evans, Diana, 1971-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2020.<br />464 pages (large print)<br /><br />Chandlers Ford - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016501770<br />Eastleigh - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016501771<br />New Milton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016501768<br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016501769<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2737877&CF=GEN South London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the brink of acceptance or revolution. Melissa has a new baby and doesn't want to let it change her but, in the crooked walls of a narrow Victorian terrace, she begins to disappear. Michael, growing daily more accustomed to his commute, still loves Melissa but can't get close enough to her to stay faithful. Meanwhile out in the suburbs, Stephanie is happy with Damian and their three children, but the death of Damian's father has thrown him into crisis - or is it something or someone else? Are they all just in the wrong place? Are any of them prepared to take the leap? South London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the brink of acceptance or revolution. Melissa has a new baby and doesn't want to let it change her but, in the crooked walls of a narrow Victorian terrace, she begins to disappear. Michael, growing daily more accustomed to his commute, still loves Melissa but can't get close enough to her to stay faithful. Meanwhile out in the suburbs, Stephanie is happy with Damian and their three children, but the death of Damian's father has thrown him into crisis - or is it something or someone else? Are they all just in the wrong place? Are any of them prepared to take the leap?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Evans, Diana, 1971-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage, 2019.<br />341 pages ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />21 copies <br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2766813&CF=GEN South London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the brink of acceptance or revolution. Melissa has a new baby and doesn't want to let it change her but, in the crooked walls of a narrow Victorian terrace, she begins to disappear. Michael, growing daily more accustomed to his commute, still loves Melissa but can't get close enough to her to stay faithful. Meanwhile out in the suburbs, Stephanie is happy with Damian and their three children, but the death of Damian's father has thrown him into crisis - or is it something or someone else? Are they all just in the wrong place? Are any of them prepared to take the leap? South London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the brink of acceptance or revolution. Melissa has a new baby and doesn't want to let it change her but, in the crooked walls of a narrow Victorian terrace, she begins to disappear. Michael, growing daily more accustomed to his commute, still loves Melissa but can't get close enough to her to stay faithful. Meanwhile out in the suburbs, Stephanie is happy with Damian and their three children, but the death of Damian's father has thrown him into crisis - or is it something or someone else? Are they all just in the wrong place? Are any of them prepared to take the leap?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Evans, Diana, 1971-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Random House Audiobooks, 2019.<br />10 CDs (705 min.) : digital, stereo<br /><br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - Available - C016467511<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2799815&CF=GEN Diana Evans is a lyrical and glorious writer; a precise poet of the human heart' Naomi Alderman‘You can take a leap, do something off the wall, something reckless. It’s your last chance, and most people miss it.’South London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the brink of acceptance or revolution. Melissa has a new baby and doesn’t want to let it change her but, in the crooked walls of a narrow Victorian terrace, she begins to disappear. Michael, growing daily more accustomed to his commute, still loves Melissa but can’t quite get close enough to her to stay faithful. Meanwhile out in the suburbs, Stephanie is happy with Damian and their three children, but the death of Damian’s father has thrown him into crisis – or is it something, or someone, else? Are they all just in the wrong place? Are any of them prepared to take the leap?Set against the backdrop of Barack Obama’s historic election victory, Ordinary People is an intimate, immersive study of identity and parenthood, sex and grief, friendship and aging, and the fragile architecture of love. With its distinctive prose and irresistible soundtrack, it is the story of our lives, and those moments that threaten to unravel us. Diana Evans is a lyrical and glorious writer; a precise poet of the human heart' Naomi Alderman‘You can take a leap, do something off the wall, something reckless. It’s your last chance, and most people miss it.’South London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the brink of acceptance or revolution. Melissa has a new baby and doesn’t want to let it change her but, in the crooked walls of a narrow Victorian terrace, she begins to disappear. Michael, growing daily more accustomed to his commute, still loves Melissa but can’t quite get close enough to her to stay faithful. Meanwhile out in the suburbs, Stephanie is happy with Damian and their three children, but the death of Damian’s father has thrown him into crisis – or is it something, or someone, else? Are they all just in the wrong place? Are any of them prepared to take the leap?Set against the backdrop of Barack Obama’s historic election victory, Ordinary People is an intimate, immersive study of identity and parenthood, sex and grief, friendship and aging, and the fragile architecture of love. With its distinctive prose and irresistible soundtrack, it is the story of our lives, and those moments that threaten to unravel us.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Evans, Diana<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Vintage Digital, 2018<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2612584&CF=GEN South London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the brink of acceptance or revolution. Melissa has a new baby and doesn't want to let it change her but, in the crooked walls of a narrow Victorian terrace, she begins to disappear. Michael, growing daily more accustomed to his commute, still loves Melissa but can't get close enough to her to stay faithful. Meanwhile out in the suburbs, Stephanie is happy with Damian and their three children, but the death of Damian's father has thrown him into crisis - or is it something or someone else? Are they all just in the wrong place? Are any of them prepared to take the leap? South London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the brink of acceptance or revolution. Melissa has a new baby and doesn't want to let it change her but, in the crooked walls of a narrow Victorian terrace, she begins to disappear. Michael, growing daily more accustomed to his commute, still loves Melissa but can't get close enough to her to stay faithful. Meanwhile out in the suburbs, Stephanie is happy with Damian and their three children, but the death of Damian's father has thrown him into crisis - or is it something or someone else? Are they all just in the wrong place? Are any of them prepared to take the leap?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Evans, Diana, 1971-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Chatto & Windus, 2018.<br />336 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - C016650198<br />