Incredibly moving, this is an immersive novel focusing on grief but also love and relationships. I fell in love with Avani and Nik, characters so real I could hardly believe they're fictional. Jyoti Patel is a hugely exciting new writer. Louise Hare, This Lovely City and Miss Aldridge Regrets
Jyoti Patel was born in Paris to British Indian parents and grew up in North West London. She is a graduate of the Creative Writing Prose Fiction MA at the University of East Anglia and winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers' Prize. Her writing has previously been published as part of We Present's Literally Series. The Things That We Lost is her debut novel.