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The Left-Behind Child - Hardcover

Ante, Romalyn

 
9781784746117: The Left-Behind Child
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1784746118 ISBN 13: 9781784746117
Verlag: Chatto & Windus, 2026

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‘A must-read… Ante’s sensuous description of life… counts the true cost to one family of a mother having to work abroad as a nurse. There’s pain for everybody, but this… is written with such joy that the overall effect is exhilarating’ GWYNETH LEWIS

'A beautiful, hypnotic novel – positively capacious in its depth, its texture, and its heart' CLAIRE LOMBARDO

'Captures brilliantly the complexity of a teenage girl's feelings for her absent mother' RACHEL JOYCE

A mother forced to leave her family. A daughter forced to reckon with what is left behind.

Lipa, Philippines, 2001. Neneng is 11 when her mother, Rosa, leaves to work as a nurse overseas: abandoning Neneng to care for a distant father, unsettled relatives and rebellious siblings. Their home shatters, and Neneng finds herself facing womanhood alone. From that point on, she vows never to become a nurse, and never to trust her mother again.

But Neneng is more like the strong-minded Rosa than she realises. As Neneng fights to survive and build a new life, the darknesses in the family’s past come to light, and the reasons why Rosa needed to leave become clearer. When a twist of fate brings a new mother figure into her orbit, Neneng will come to understand why the profession of nursing matters so deeply to Rosa and – when crisis strikes – what ‘care’ means to Neneng.

Praise for Romalyn Ante:
'Ante is ... unparalleled in her image-making' Fiona Benson
'Spellbinding' Observer
'Powerful and hopeful ... Filled with heart and beauty' Cecile Pin

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Romalyn Ante FRSL is a Filipino-British poet, essayist, and editor. She was born in Lipa, Philippines, and was 16 years old when her mother – a nurse in the NHS – brought the family to live in the UK. Her debut poetry collection, Antiemetic for Homesickness, was shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2020, and her second collection, AGIMAT, published in 2024. She lives in the West Midlands where until recently she worked as a full-time NHS nurse and psychotherapist, specialising in the mental healthcare of young people.

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Verlag
Chatto & Windus
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1784746118
ISBN 13 
9781784746117
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
240
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