THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2025 DEBUT FICTION CATEGORY WINNER.
A mother following her heartA father with the law on his sideA child caught in the middleIts , and Heron, an old man of quiet habits, has just had the sort of visit to the doctor that turns a life upside down. Sharing the diagnosis with Maggie, his only daughter, seems impossible. Heron just cant find the words to tell her about it, or any of the other things hes been protecting her from for so long.Its , and Dawn is a young wife and mother penned in by the expectations of her time and place. Then Hazel comes into her life like a torch in the dark. Its the kind of connection thats impossible to resist, and suddenly Dawns world is more joyful, and more complicated, than she ever expected. But Dawn has responsibilities, she has commitments: Dawn has Maggie.A Family Matter is an immersive and tender debut, at once heart-breaking and hopeful, that asks how we might heal from the wounds of the past, and what we might learn from them.
