Eleven year-old Jamie is at breaking point.
His mum’s new boyfriend, Garrett, is creeping into their lives in so many ways. A new house, a new school and new supposed friends, he doesn’t want for anything but it’s all too much.
When Garett lets it slip that Jamie’s dad is in prison, and not working abroad as his mum told him, Jamie sees red and pushes him down the stairs. Convinced he’s killed him, he flees and heads towards the train station. He knows who can help him, he just needs to get to her undetected amid the anxiety and fear now coursing through his veins. He doesn’t want to end up like his dad!
Eleven year-old July’s mum says that she will never touch drugs and alcohol again but when her untrustworthy friend, Jax, comes back onto the scene, it’s not long before the late nights and hangovers start up all over again. Determined to get her mum the support she needs, she finds herself at the train station knowing exactly who can help them both. Trouble is, she doesn’t have any money to get there.
Jamie and July meet on the same train, heading to the same place but for very different reasons. With luck not on their side, they stick together as they come to terms with life on the run. Muggings, police presence and rowdy gangs thwart their attempts to reach their goal.
Will they manage to get there?
Will their lives change for the better or will fate throw them a hand that sends them down the familiar paths they’re trying to avoid?
E.L.Norry’s incredible race-against-time story is about family life from both ends of the financial spectrum.
Show casing living through the foster care system and juggling life whilst trying to hold your family unit together, it gathers in pace as the two main characters battle their inner demons amid the lengths they’ll go to, to survive intact.
With a tremendous cover by Margaret Hope, this brilliant heart-rending novel full of hope is out now.
Thank you to Emma Norry for the proof copy!
