All That We've Got

'' Few people can write the way Jendella does'' - Kelechi Okafor, author of Edge of Here '' All That We''ve Got is simply brilliant'' - Dorothy Koomson, author of Every Smile You Fake '' Simultaneously thought-provoking, heartrending and uplifting'' - Onyi Nwabineli, author of Someday, Maybe ''An engrossing, empowering story'' - Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, author of Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? Over one relentlessly hot summer, two women''s lives are about to collide in the most unexpected ways. Mimi is a single mum in her twenties, looking to break free from her family''s judgements and her church''s oppressive, hypocritical gossip to establish who she is on her own. But a dangerous new romance could lead her into trouble... Meanwhile, fifteen-year-old Abi dreams of emulating the life she sees through social media and helping her mother with the bills. When she''s offered the chance to make money fast by helping a group of local boys, she and her friends jump at it. But soon they''re crossing county lines, and Abi finds she''s in over her head... Could Mimi and Abi forge a bond that could free them both, at the heart of a community they''ve taken for granted? A powerful commentary on the city we don''t always see, this is the stunning new novel from Jendella Benson, the author of the acclaimed Hope & Glory.

Product details

• Authors: Jendella Benson
• Publisher: Trapeze
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 26.06.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781398702363
• ISBN: 978-1-398-70236-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary