From the author of the acclaimed Unexpected Lessons in Love - shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel of the Year. 'It is impossible to recommend Bernardine Bishop more highly' Guardian

There's more going on in The Street than its inhabitants realise . . . In the course of this delightful, quirky and perceptive novel an elderly soldier with incipient Alzheimer's saves the life of a remarkable child, a resting actor finds real purpose, a woman starved of love discovers it in an unexpected place and a beloved cat achieves immortality.

"Graceful and haunting" - Sunday Mirror

"Lovely, surprising... filled with life and optimism and a wicked sense of comedy... deeply satisfying." - The Times

"Unexpected and exciting" - Daily Mail

"She excels in excavating single moments to powerfully show the profound in the prosaic." - Observer, Paperback of the Week

"The Street is a hugely enjoyable little book that is just a joy." - Irish Examiner