Winner of the Sunday Times EFG Short Story PrizeAuntie Mei is a live-in nanny for newborns and their mothers. She has worked for a hundred and twenty-six families and looked after a hundred and thirty-one babies one set of clients easily replaced by the next. But the hundred and thirty-second baby and his mother Chanel prompts a crisis in Auntie Mei’s life - a tremor that threatens to destroy her resolute detachment.Immersing herself in the world of literary fiction Auntie Mei's journey is one of the best stories of resilience and detachment. Each baby she cares for adds a new chapter to her life making her experiences top-notch in the realm of heartfelt narratives.For fans of Mieko Kawakami (All The Lovers In The Night) Sam Bett (Hit Parade of Tears) Barbara Kingsolver (Demon Copperhead) George Saunders (Civilwarland In Bad Decline) and Elizabeth Strout (Lucy by the Sea).
