Going Home: A Novel of Boys, Mistakes, and Second Chances

Boy-made-good Téo Erskine is back in the north London suburb of his youth, visiting his father--stubborn, selfish, complicated Vic. Things have changed for Téo: he's got a steady job, a brand-new car and a London flat all concrete and glass, with a sliver of a river view.

Except, underneath the surface, not much has changed at all. He's still the boy seeking his father's approval; still the young man playing late-night poker with his best friend, unreliable, infuriating Ben Mossam; still the one desperately in love with the enigmatic Lia.

Lia's life, on the other hand, has been transformed: now a single mother to two-year-old Joel, she doesn't have time for anyone--not even herself.

When the unthinkable happens, Teo, Vic and Ben--a strange constellation of men--rally around the toddler. None of them are fully equipped to look after him, but their strange, tentative attempts at love might just be enough to offer him a new place to call home.