Red Ink

SHORTLISTED Branford Boase Award 2014 | NOMINATED Cilip Carnegie Medal 2014 | FINALIST Foreword Indie, US, 2016

When 15-year-old Melon Fouraki’s mother is knocked down and killed by a London bus, she is left with no family worth mentioning. Her mother, Maria, never did introduce Melon to a “living, breathing” father.

The indomitable Auntie Aphrodite, meanwhile, is hundreds of miles away on a farm in Crete, and is unlikely to be jumping on a plane and coming to East Finchley anytime soon.

But at least Melon has ‘The Story’. ‘The Story’ is the Fourakis family fairytale. A story is something…

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“There are so many nuances and such precise observations that Red Ink transcends categorisation. I loved it…” – Independent On Sunday

“This is a wonderful book about the damage lies and myths can ultimately do to a family and how the truth, though harsh, really can set you free” – The Bookseller

“This is a brilliantly observed story of grief, sacrifice and redemption – and the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters” – Daily Mail

“Heartbreaking and, ultimately, uplifting” – We Love This Book

“Powerful, unusual and enormously compelling” – BookTrust