'Haunting' Telegraph
'Brilliant' Daily Mail
'Profoundly moving' Marie Claire
âFresh and daring'
KATE SAWYER
âOne of the best books Iâve read in a while ⌠A real triumphâ
ELIZABETH MACNEAL
'A complex story about motherhood, inheritance and the things we're willing to forsake in the name of desire'
AMY TWIGG
'A haunting novel ⌠Overwhelming and seductive'
LUCIE ELVEN
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âWhen my mother washed my hair she crooned, mamele, mamele, into my ear. Little mother, meaning little daughter, meaning youâre a good girl, Edie.â
Edie lives with her partner Joanna in a crumbling country house in Broadstairs. They have spent over a decade together since the death of Harry, the third member of their polyamorous relationship. Itâs a quiet, comfortable existence â but conversations about the mother who abandoned her have recently awoken in Edie feelings she long thought buried.
Mamele is a stylish, searing drama about the complicated love between mothers and daughters, the indelible impact of estrangement and one woman fiercely coming into her own.