{"product_id":"only-here-only-now","title":"Only Here Only Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the McKitterick Prize 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRunner up for the  the ADCI Literary Prize  2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Absolutely loved this. Funny and heartbreaking in equal measure''\u003cbr\u003eDOUGLAS STUART\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Glorious . . . so unusual, so moving, so memorable''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Tom Newlands may make several prize lists for his stunning debut''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This isn''t just a great first novel; it''s a great novel. And Cora, the mad, chaotic, wise, funny narrator, is one of the great characters''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRODDY DOYLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It''s not every day you read a modern classic. But this feels destined to become one. A thunderous achievement''\u003cbr\u003eNATHAN FILER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFife, in the blazing hot summer of 1994. Cora Mowat''s mates don''t understand her, but then Cora Mowat doesn''t understand herself. She''s stuck on a seaside council estate full of dafties, old folk and seagulls, with a thousand dreams and a restless brain that won''t behave. She''s dying to escape but unsure of what the future holds - if it holds anything at all for a girl like her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her Mam''s new boyfriend moves in, tensions rise in their tiny house. Gunner means well, but he''s dodgy - a shaven-headed shoplifter with more than a few secrets stashed under the bed. As their attempts to forge a makeshift family unravel, Cora rails against her small-town existence in search of love, acceptance and a path to something good. But sometimes you can''t move forward until you find your way back . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this extraordinary debut, drawn from life but written with riotous imagination, Tom Newlands explores what it means to come of age in a forgotten corner of Scotland and dream of a life that feels out of reach. Vibrant, lyrical and fiercely funny, \u003ci\u003eOnly Here, Only Now\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about poverty, identity and family that shines with hope and resilience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A fantastic debut novel . . . it''s a corker''\u003cbr\u003eKATHY BURKE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003ci\u003eOnly Here, Only Now\u003c\/i\u003e heralds the arrival of an urgent and unique new voice''\u003cbr\u003eDAVID PEACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Cora Mowat is a feisty, Impulse-drenched, Lilt-blooded smasher of a main character and Tom Newland''s prose is fierce and tender, taking us straight to the thudding heart of Cora''s chaotic life''\u003cbr\u003eVICTORIA MACKENZIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Tom Newlands is the real thing. His story will change you''\u003cbr\u003eMICHAEL SHEEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Funny, truthful, heartbreaking yet hopeful''\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENNIE GODFREY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395563659646,"sku":"NW9781399607919","price":9.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781399607919.jpg?v=1778665281","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/only-here-only-now","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}