WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH

'A truly original, brilliant novel' Daily Mail
'Very special indeed . . . your world will be a better place for reading this story' Joanna Cannon

Everyone deserves a second chance.
You just have to take the first step.

Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly needs to escape the streets of Glasgow. Maybe she doesn't believe in serendipity, but a rare moment of kindness and a lost ring conspire to call her home, returning to the small town she fled so many years ago.

"A rough romance written in rich language and a truly original, brilliant novel" - * Daily Mail *

"[A] poignant and harrowing read. Campbell gambles on our empathy when she shows Kelly at her worst, and she wins because she has written, without judgment or criticism, an original and memorable protagonist; one who moves through a landscape described with love and care, and whose interior voice will continue to ring in the reader's head even after the long journey's end is reached" - * Guardian *

"[A]mbitious . . . picturesque . . . generous and often wryly comic novel: a nice variety of incident and characters, fine descriptions of street life in Glasgow and of Kelly's journey - a quest that is both physical and spiritual, offering the prospect of recovery and redemption . . . readers are surely likely to find pleasure and satisfaction in the humanity of Campbell's treatment of people who have led difficult lives" - * Scotsman *

"[A]n exquisitely written and compassionate novel of addiction, shame, hope and kindness" - * Essential Magazine *

"Wonderful, empathetic, timely and moving . . . With every page I shivered with love and warmth and nostalgia" - * Bella Caledonia *

"Full of compassion and hope" - * Dumfries & Galloway Life *

"Terrific" - * Galloway Gazette *