Lauras

''A writer of real gravitas and potency.'' Ali Smith

''An extraordinary journey ... Engrossing, original and eloquent.'' Helen Dunmore

''Elegiac and beautifully observed.'' Observer

''Vivid and captivating.'' Stylist

I didn’t realise my mother was a person until I was thirteen years old and she pulled me out of bed, put me in the back of her car, and we left home and my dad with no explanations. I tho...