Common Ground

As heard on BBC Open Book
A classic coming of age story in the tradition of TIN MAN or BLACK SWAN GREEN, from the acclaimed author of ESCAPE ROUTES

An attentive and considered tribute to friendship, reminding us that, for all our human messiness, to have a friend is to enter an enduring pact to face the world together

A generous and disarming tale of loyalty, injustice and hope

Tender and savvy ... engrossingly old fashioned

Captured our imagination from the outset... thought-provoking, and beautifully observed

Her writing is so brilliant

A heartwarming tale of a passionate and beautiful friendship

Long after finishing, Charlie and Stan refuse to be forgotten. I couldn't put this one down

A heartfelt, moving depiction of growing up in a complex world together. A joy to read

I loved it . When so many of us are missing friends and feeling isolated, this novel feels like balm on a wound

A timely and bittersweet novel, full of hope

A bittersweet perspective on the importance of friendship across cultural lines and a magnified glimpse into some of Britain's most glaring social issues

Immersive ... here is a writer whose imagination is propelled by compassion , but who underpins her fiction with steely realism

I adored this book . Quietly stole my heart, and the ending was breathtaking ., It left me with so much to think about. A beautiful novel

Tender but never sentimental, COMMON GROUND is a glorious novel about friendship, prejudice and injustice, which exposes the common threads that bind us together

Naomi Ishiguro is the author of the acclaimed story collection, ESCAPE ROUTES. A former bookseller and Bibliotherapist at Mr B.'s Emporium in Bath, she now lives and writes in London. COMMON GROUND is her first novel.