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Never Far From Nowhere

By: Andrea Levy

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Paperback | 2 July 2026 | Edition Number 1

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288 Pages

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Introduction by Kit de Waal______I looked at the old photograph of Olive and me on the wall. Two little girls with identical yellow bows in our hair and happy, smiling chubby cheeks. But now Olive's arms were folded on the world. She was angry with everything, with everyone. And I had grown too big for our council flat, but not sure where else I would fit. Where did we belong? I answered my mum the only way I could. I said, 'I don't know'. ______'As much about the painful, messy reality of family life - too much envy, too little love - as it is about race and identity. In this lively, crisp, raw voice, young black Londoners may have found their Roddy Doyle' Independent on Sunday'An inspired coming-of-age novel with a mature grasp of generational conflict, pressure to conform, and the fraught process of discovering one's identity' Scotsman

Industry Reviews

Painfully perceptive and passionate, NEVER FAR FROM NOWHERE hits a raw nerve with its powerful concoction of poignancy and humour - Pride

Passionate and angry - TLS

In this lively, crisp, raw voice, young black Londoners may have found their Roddy Doyle - Independent on Sunday

Levy's raw sense of realism and depth of feeling infuses every line - Elle

An inspired coming-of-age novel with a mature grasp of generational conflict, pressure to conform, and the fraught process of discovering one's identity, NEVER FAR FROM NOWHERE should be read by anyone who is growing up in Britain today - Scotsman

The story is well told, does not dodge complexity and rings true - The Times

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