Rachel Elliott: Flamingo: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022, an exquisite novel of kindness and hope [2022] paperback Condition:New But there's trouble in the

But there's trouble in the air

is at the centre of a bizarre cultural ritual that could be the subject of a Goya painting

he finds an undeciphered standing stone north of Aberdeen and follows the first footsteps on the edge of a long-lost Ice Age land in the North Sea

and timeless original folktale

where she worked for Vogue and became very much part of the scene (although - 'it's like being a provincial at Versailles')

Rachel Elliott: Flamingo: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022, an exquisite novel of kindness and hope [2022] paperback Condition:New But there's trouble in theA novel of love, homelessness, and learning to be fearless In the garden, there were three flamingos. Not real flamingos, but real emblems, real gateways to a time when life was impossibly good. They were mascots, symbols of hope. Something for a boy to confide in. First, there were the flamingos. And then there were two families. Sherry and Leslie and their daughters, Rae and Pauline and Eve and her son Daniel. Sherry loves her husband, Leslie. She