The Youngster

<p><strong>FROM THE LUCY CAVENDISH 2020 FICTION PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF <em>THE WATCH</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>NO ONE COMES BETWEEN THIS MOTHER AND DAUGHTER</strong></p><p></p><p>Georgie and her mother Cherry have had their ups and downs. But now they're devoted to each other - and when Cherry learns that she's in the early stages of dementia Georgie is with her every step of the way...</p><p></p><p>...Until she can't be. And that's when he steps into her mother's life. The one who's been waiting watching whispering.</p><p></p><p>In turns deeply moving and deeply chilling <em>The Youngster</em> is about one woman's spiralling descent when her mother is taken away from her by a damaged younger man.</p>