A story of friendship, possibilities and hope that maybe tomorrow will be brighter than today . . .

Jamie Matson had once enjoyed a wonderful life working alongside her best friend, organising adventures for single-parent families, and her son Bo’s artistic flair a source of pride rather than concern.

She hadn’t been prepared to lose her business, her home and her friend. Not all in one dreadful year.

Jamie certainly hadn’t expected to find such hope and camaraderie in the queue at her local food bank. Thrown together with an unlikely and colourful group of people, their friendships flourish and, finding it easier to be objective about each other than about themselves, they decide that – when you’re all out of options – it’s okay to bend the rules a little and create your own.

What a difference a year could make . . .

Praise for Penny Parkes’ Home:

‘As heartbreaking as it is uplifting, this book wouldn’t leave me. I loved it’ Katie Fforde

‘Clever, warm and funny, Penny writes with a big heart, a light touch and supreme confidence’ Veronica Henry

‘Moving, hopeful and heartfelt’ AJ Pearce