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Chatto & Windus
07 March 2024
A tender, smart, conversation-starting love story which explores questions of identity and the legacy of the slave-trade in 21st-century Britain

'A warm, sweet love story, and a thought-provoking examination of the British slave trade and its legacy' MARIAN KEYES
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They already share a surname. But will they share a future?

When Layla and Andy first meet, they can't believe they have the same surname. It feels like fate, almost too romantic to be true.

But Sera, Layla's best friend, has her doubts about Andy. As the pair fall deeper and deeper in love, Sera becomes more and more vocal about Layla settling down with a white boy. And then, only a few weeks before their wedding, Layla makes a devastating discovery about their shared name.

What seemed like a fairy-tale romance is rapidly derailed. In part propelled by Sera's rising anger, Layla begins to uncover parts of her history and identity that she had never imagined -- or, perhaps, had simply learnt to ignore. And now, she faces an impossible choice, between past and future, friendship and marriage, the personal and the political.

'I loved this book' JACQUELINE CROOKS, author of Fire Rush
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READERS LOVE DOMINOES- 'Tender, thought-provoking and hard-hitting' 'I got more than I bargained for' 'Kept me second guessing how things would turn out until the very end' 'Incredibly thought-provoking' 'Such an important novel' 'I laughed, I cried, I learned A LOT' 'So much more than a love story' 'Multi-dimensional'

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Imprint:   Chatto & Windus
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 224mm,  Width: 143mm,  Spine: 31mm
Weight:   445g
ISBN:   9781784744892
ISBN 10:   1784744891
Pages:   336
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Phoebe McIntosh is an actor and playwright from London. She wrote and performed in a sell-out run of her first play, The Tea Diaries, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2013, followed by her solo show, Dominoes, which toured the South East and London in 2018. She has completed the Soho Theatre Writers' Lab programme, and her most recent full-length play, The Soon Life, was shortlisted and highly commended for the Tony Craze Award as well as being longlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award. Phoebe won a place on the inaugural Tamasha x Hachette creative writing programme in 2018 and was also selected for the Penguin Random House WriteNow programme in 2020. Dominoes was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award 2021.

Reviews for Dominoes

A timely and tender story about a young woman caught up in a sweet romance, who finds herself grappling with the idea that love, too, is political to its very core -- Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, author of The Centre Vulnerable and vibrant, Dominoes is a radiant debut, shining with complexity and compassion for the bonds of family and friendship that give our lives purpose -- Rachel Eliza Griffiths, author of Promise McIntosh adds depth and nuance to a concept that's fascinated humans for centuries: the eternal search for self and knowing where you come from... she raises important questions about allyship, belonging and intergenerational trauma. The writing is sharp and vulnerable, and Dominoes gripped me until the final page -- Georgina Lawton, author of Raceless Dominoes is a striking, thought-provoking read and Phoebe expertly examines the intricacies of romance as it intersects with race and class. A stirring story with strong, complex characters that delves into the legacy of Britain's slave trade while interrogating love, friendship and identity. Simultaneously sweet and sobering, this is one you will not want to miss -- Onyi Nwabineli, author of Someday, Maybe


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