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Something Like Happiness

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Frazer and Caitlin have come a long way without ever leaving their small grey town. They were once teenage sweethearts, but life has now got serious: the flat they share is barely habitable, money is tight, and their autistic son is already struggling at school. Caitlin... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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From the award-winning author of Only Here, Only Now comes a funny, moving and original love story set on a Scottish housing estate

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Frazer and Caitlin have come a long way without ever leaving their small grey town. They were once teenage sweethearts, but life has now got serious: the flat they share is barely habitable, money is tight, and their autistic son is already struggling at school.

Caitlin dreams of fresh carpets and clean walls, but for Frazer Apex Court is the only home he has known. It's where his parents lived and died and where the memory of them remains.

He's asked Caitlin to marry him twice. She tries to leave most weeks. They still love each other - but is it enough?

As original and funny as his award-winning debut Only Here, Only Now, this blistering and timely new novel confirms Tom Newlands as one of the brightest talents of his generation.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399607957

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Tom Newlands is a neurodivergent writer from Scotland. His debut novel Only Here, Only Now won the McKitterick Prize, was runner-up for the ADCI Literary Prize, shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and named Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year. He is also the recipient of a Royal Society of Literature Scriptorium Award, a London Writers Award and a Creative Future Writers' Award. He lives in London.

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