Slip of a Fish Rabia Raihane You're Not Proper shines a

You're Not Proper shines a light on issues of identity

bringing to life the silent histories and harsh realities of a vanishing working-class way of life in what was once Britain

the successor to The Taxi Driver’s Daughter

Kris Mole flew one-way to Stockholm with a vow not to return home to England until he had visited every capital city in the mainland European Union

and as she grows up

Slip of a Fish Rabia Raihane You're Not Proper shines aShortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2019 Winner of the 2018 Northern Book Prize Ash collects words, climbs trees and swims in a deserted lake with her beloved seven year old, Charlie. Bemused by everyday life, she has a rich and singular interior world. Over the course of a relentlessly hot summer, Charlie begins to pull away, and in a desperate attempt to reconnect with her daughter Ash does something unforgivable. As the gulf between them grows,