Hearts And Minds

A novel written with passion and moral outrage. It is a vivid portrait of a city that is at once familiar and disconcertingly strange * The Times *A novel written with passion and moral outrage. It is a vivid portrait of a city that is at once familiar and disconcertingly strange * The Times *Skilfully mixes skilled reportage (once a journalist, always a journalist) with a filmic sensibility…You can’t put this novel down, even if babies are yelling and the pots are boiling over * Independent *Skilfully mixes skilled reportage (once a journalist, always a journalist) with a filmic sensibility…You can’t put this novel down, even if babies are yelling and the pots are boiling over * Independent *Craig’s excellence lies in her ability to underpin everything with hope and the promise of redemption…She has written a sympathetic, thought-provoking and often deeply moving account of the strange, shifting beast that is our capital * Telegraph *Craig’s excellence lies in her ability to underpin everything with hope and the promise of redemption…She has written a sympathetic, thought-provoking and often deeply moving account of the strange, shifting beast that is our capital * Telegraph *She is a humane writer as well a waspish one and it is the plight of London’s migrant workers and sink-school pupils with which she is primarily concerned here, and her passion and care are affecting * Observer *She is a humane writer as well a waspish one and it is the plight of London’s migrant workers and sink-school pupils with which she is primarily concerned here, and her passion and care are affecting * Observer *Acutely observed, purposeful, dynamic…Perfectly conjures the capital’s beautiful, broken carousel * Times Literary Supplement *Acutely observed, purposeful, dynamic…Perfectly conjures the capital’s beautiful, broken carousel * Times Literary Supplement *A large kindness overarches the novel * Guardian *A large kindness overarches the novel * Guardian *Very special…ambitious, compelling and utterly gripping * Maggie O’Farrell *Very special…ambitious, compelling and utterly gripping * Maggie O’Farrell *** ‘This is a novel written with passion and moral outrage. It is a vivid portrait of a city that is at once familiar and disconcertingly strange * THE TIMES Joan Smith *** ‘Rich, Dickensian * SUNDAY TIMES Penny Perrick *** ‘She is a humane writer as well a waspish one and it is the plight of London’s migrant workers and sink-school pupils with which she is primarily concerned here, and her passion and care are affecting * OBSERVER Lisa O’Kelly *** ‘There is much in HEARTS AND MINDS to praise … The book displays the author’s relentless compassion. A large kindness overarches the novel * GUARDIAN Stevie Davies *

Amanda Craig is a well-known journalist and broadcaster. She is the author of A VICIOUS CIRCLE, IN A DARK WOOD and LOVE IN IDLENESS.