Careless

The literary equivalent of gold dust * BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH *I am so proud of my super-talented former student, Kirsty Capes. I’m so impressed with how her writing has flourished with the cracking characters and energetic prose of her fantastic debut novel * BERNARDINE EVARISTO *Moving and beautifully-written * LIBBY PAGE *Vivid, bold and beautifully observed * ABBIE GREAVES *A story of every day, that is never told * ANSTEY HARRIS *Real, raw, heart-wrenching and so wonderfully written * JESSICA RYN *Heroic and powerful, but also tender; this is such an important novel * CHARLOTTE MENDELSON *So good I’m lying in a tepid bath because my 15 minutes reading turned into 45. What a voice! * AMY BEASHEL *Elegant and empathic […] a portrait of how it feels to be young, brazen and terrified * JESSICA MOOR *I felt this book in my gut! It’s funny, it’s emotional, and at times definitely heartbreaking, but Bess is a hero you can believe in * JENDELLA BENSON *It’s not often that life in care is talked about, which is just one of the reasons we love this book * COSMOPOLITAN *Careless stands out, a coming-of-age novel that draw’s on the author’s own experience of growing up in care * DAILY MAIL *With a funny and flawed heroine, this is a book that deserves to be a huge hit * STYLIST *Bess’s narration is neither bitter nor self-pitying. Rather, her pragmatism, and humour, make her a compelling protagonist * BBC *

Kirsty Capes works in publishing and, as a care leaver, is an advocate for better representation for care-experienced people in the media. She recently completed her PhD which investigates female-centric care narratives in contemporary fiction, under the supervision of 2019 Booker prize-winner, Bernardine Evaristo. Careless is her first novel.

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