People Person: From the bestselling author of Queenie and the writer of BBC's Champion
Author: Candice Carty-Williams
Format: Hardback, 368 pages, 220mm x 148mm, 540 g
Published: 2022, Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of QUEENIE comes a propulsive story of heart, humour, homecoming.
People Person is a triumph. Caleb Azumah NelsonWonderful. Marian KeyesI loved it. Sara CollinsIt's as warm and infectious, as familiar and true as Queenie. Diana Evans IF YOU COULD CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY... YOU WOULDN'T CHOOSE THE PENNINGTONS. Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn't really know them. Five people who don't have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad's gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. Dimple has bigger things to think about. She's thirty, and her life isn't really going anywhere. An aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible and wayward boyfriend, Dimple's life has shrunk to the size of a phone screen. And despite a small but loyal following, she's never felt more alone. That is, until a catastrophic event brings her half siblings Nikisha, Danny, Lizzie and Prynce crashing back into her life. And when they're all forced to reconnect with Cyril Pennington, the absent father they never really knew, things get even more complicated.Candice Carty-Williams is a journalist, screenwriter, and author of the Sunday Times bestselling Queenie, a book described as 'vital', 'disarmingly honest' and 'boldly political'. In 2016, Candice created and launched the Guardian and 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, the first inclusive initiative of its kind in book publishing. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @CandiceC_W.
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of QUEENIE comes a propulsive story of heart, humour, homecoming.
People Person is a triumph. Caleb Azumah NelsonWonderful. Marian KeyesI loved it. Sara CollinsIt's as warm and infectious, as familiar and true as Queenie. Diana Evans IF YOU COULD CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY... YOU WOULDN'T CHOOSE THE PENNINGTONS. Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn't really know them. Five people who don't have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad's gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. Dimple has bigger things to think about. She's thirty, and her life isn't really going anywhere. An aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible and wayward boyfriend, Dimple's life has shrunk to the size of a phone screen. And despite a small but loyal following, she's never felt more alone. That is, until a catastrophic event brings her half siblings Nikisha, Danny, Lizzie and Prynce crashing back into her life. And when they're all forced to reconnect with Cyril Pennington, the absent father they never really knew, things get even more complicated.Candice Carty-Williams is a journalist, screenwriter, and author of the Sunday Times bestselling Queenie, a book described as 'vital', 'disarmingly honest' and 'boldly political'. In 2016, Candice created and launched the Guardian and 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, the first inclusive initiative of its kind in book publishing. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @CandiceC_W.