A Flood Of Memories

A beguiling and absorbing novel from the winner of the Waterstones Children''s Book Award: when Leila returns home to help her mother during flood season, she finds Arthur, the boy she''s thought about since leaving school; but if she is to move on with her life, she must confront the past and its many demons... 

It''s raining in Sarawak, Malaysia - a lot - and Leila, now living in Kuala Lumpar, must go home to help her Mak before the floods become serious. But she hasn''t been home since the death of her father - and she''s not quite ready to confront what''s waiting for her there. Life with Pak was complicated. 
But Arthur is in Sarawak, the boy she''s thought about ever since they first met at school - Arthur, who offers her support, care and love, but at a cost perhaps too great for Leila. 
As the floodwaters rise and her family and home become threatened, can Leila confront the enormity of her own past in order to move forwards properly in her present? A beguiling and meaningful novel which explores the fine line between care and control, between love and abuse in families, and shows that it is possible to move on to a brighter future.

Nadia is a lawyer in London, a full-time houseplant owner and a part-time investigative journalist into what London''s pigeons are planning when they flock together like that. She is mostly unsuccessful at (but still hopeful about) both these occupations. Her first novel for young adults, The Cats We Meet Along the Way, won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2023 and was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and the YA Book Prize.

She is from Sarawak in Malaysia, where the air is always sweeter, the food is always tastier, and the pigeons are considerably less bold.