Longlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize 2016

'An astonishing tour de force ' -- The Daily Mail

'Book of the Year ' -- Clio Gray, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction-shortlisted author

A striking debut from the winner of the 2015 Luke Bitmead Bursary

My new shrink asks me, 'What things do you remember about being very young?' It's like looking into a murky river, I say. Memories flash near the surface like fish coming up for flies. The past peeps out, startles me, and then is gone...

Amanda secludes herself in...