People Person

LoveReading Says

Every bit as engaging and compulsive as her debut Queenie, Candice Carty-Williams’s People Person tells the poignant, funny, of-the-moment story of five siblings who share the same absent father, Jamaican-born Brixtonite Cyril Pennington. Initially solely united by their hazy childhood memories of Cyril picking them up in his legendary gold jeep, the siblings come together later in life in the wake of an accident, with an appealingly outlandish story arc that has family bonds at its heart.

At thirty, aspiring influencer Dimple is something of a lost soul. She still lives at home with her barrister mother, her reach as an influencer is woefully small, and her boyfriend is utterly unreliable. When an evening with him goes somewhat awry, Dimple reconnects with her siblings, which in turns sparks a reconnection with Cyril and his mother.

The way the siblings have each other’s backs when they farcically attempt to fix Dimple’s problem is an amusing joy, and her rocky road to self-determination addresses mental health and abandonment issues with a deft lightness of touch. Pacey, driven by mighty fine dialogue and a wild-dance of a plot, Dimple is sure to have to have Queenie fans rooting for her to find a sense of peace and belonging.

Joanne Owen

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